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FKIE_CVE-2025-68333

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-22 17:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:58
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn() For PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq returned by container_of() is current CPU's rq, the following scenarios may occur: lock(&rq->__lock); <Interrupt> lock(&rq->__lock); This commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to initialize rq->scx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn() is always invoked in hard-irq context.
Impacted products

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()\n\nFor PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in\nthe per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq\nreturned by container_of() is current CPU\u0027s rq, the following scenarios\nmay occur:\n\nlock(\u0026rq-\u003e__lock);\n\u003cInterrupt\u003e\n  lock(\u0026rq-\u003e__lock);\n\nThis commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to\ninitialize rq-\u003escx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn()\nis always invoked in hard-irq context."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:58:57.117",
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