# CVE-2026-93220: sched\_ext: Keep kick\_sync waiting on the rq's own CPU

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d, fixed in c736ea0fe7b4df920da6bd43a81c5eeecadcc8be; from 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d, fixed in e0253dd04beb03e79477c5ef4768b11135687206
- 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: Keep kick_sync waiting on the rq's own CPU kick_sync_wait_bal_cb() assumes it runs on the rq's CPU from the __schedule() tail: the snapshots it compares against live in that CPU's percpu area and the busy-wait runs with the rq lock dropped and IRQs enabled. However, dispatch can now drop the rq lock while the callback sits queued, and rq lock takers in that window (the sched class change paths, the scx task iterator) flush pending balance callbacks on release, running the callback on a foreign CPU. Such a run compares against unrelated snapshots and can deadlock when the executing CPU is itself a wait target. Bail on a foreign CPU and leave the wait state alone. The wait only observes progress that the resched kicks already guarantee and the rq's next wait picks up the stale cpus_to_sync bits.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c736ea0fe7b4df920da6bd43a81c5eeecadcc8be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0253dd04beb03e79477c5ef4768b11135687206

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