| Release Date: | 2025-12-16 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state()
For built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the dump_lock will be converted
sleepable spinlock and not disable-irq, so the following scenarios occur:
inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
irq_work/0/27 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
(&rq->__lock){?...}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
lock_acquire+0x1e1/0x510
_raw_spin_lock_nested+0x42/0x80
raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
sched_tick+0xae/0x7b0
update_process_times+0x14c/0x1b0
tick_periodic+0x62/0x1f0
tick_handle_periodic+0x48/0xf0
timer_interrupt+0x55/0x80
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20a/0x5c0
handle_irq_event_percpu+0x18/0xc0
handle_irq_event+0xb5/0x150
handle_level_irq+0x220/0x460
__common_interrupt+0xa2/0x1e0
common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0
asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x45/0x80
__setup_irq+0xc34/0x1a30
request_threaded_irq+0x214/0x2f0
hpet_time_init+0x3e/0x60
x86_late_time_init+0x5b/0xb0
start_kernel+0x308/0x410
x86_64_start_reservations+0x1c/0x30
x86_64_start_kernel+0x96/0xa0
common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
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lock(&rq->__lock);
See more information about CVE-2025-68202 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 0.0 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-50006 | 2026-01-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-50006 | 2026-01-13 |
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