# CVE-2026-89518: sched\_ext: Fix this\_rq() assumptions in dispatch kfuncs

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d, fixed in 6d1890d3c6137ab523799765ae2de62cc05f116d; from 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d, fixed in 3dd52416e44a70bc993adb96d2e0d71b9ea21359
- Linux: 6.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix this_rq() assumptions in dispatch kfuncs Under core scheduling, dispatch runs from within the core-wide pick and can target a sibling rq, so ops.dispatch() may execute on a CPU different from the dispatched rq's. Several kfunc paths assumed the two always coincide: - scx_dsq_move() decided whether an rq lock is held by testing this_rq()'s rq flags and lock-danced accordingly. A dispatch for a sibling took the unlocked-context branch and acquired the source rq lock on top of the already held dispatched rq lock which could deadlock. - scx_bpf_sub_dispatch() dispatched this_rq() with its stashed sub_dispatch_prev, which is NULL when dispatching for a sibling. - finish_dispatch(), scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() and scx_bpf_dsq_nr_queued() resolved SCX_DSQ_LOCAL to this CPU's local DSQ rather than the dispatched rq's. The latter two are callable from other rq-locked operations too, where SCX_DSQ_LOCAL now likewise resolves to the op's rq. This changes behavior also without core scheduling, e.g. for ops.enqueue() running a remote wakeup on the waking CPU, and is intended: which CPU happens to execute an operation is incidental, the op's rq is what it is operating on, and the resolution now matches the insert side where SCX_DSQ_LOCAL dispatches land on the task's rq. Use the rq tracked by scx_locked_rq(), which is set to the dispatched rq around ops invocations and NULL in unlocked contexts.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d1890d3c6137ab523799765ae2de62cc05f116d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd52416e44a70bc993adb96d2e0d71b9ea21359

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