# CVE-2026-98219: sched\_ext: Close the pre-enable ops error claim window

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.8
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 105dcd005be2ac1d5541921db8feb1d0f98d59d5, fixed in 959c66dc4a915be306c35691095c787c61dc7df9; from 105dcd005be2ac1d5541921db8feb1d0f98d59d5, fixed in c7a1c6e8004ab12a9c9bfdcb603f60f9bf4a3cee
- Linux: 7.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Close the pre-enable ops error claim window scx_alloc_and_add_sched() publishes ops->priv before scx_root_enable_workfn() switches the state to SCX_ENABLING. An error claimed via scx_bpf_error_bstr() from an associated BPF program in that window is consumed by scx_disable_workfn(), which takes the pre-enable shortcut in scx_root_disable(). The shortcut returns without any teardown and restores SCX_DISABLED with an unconditional scx_set_enable_state() xchg racing the enable workfn's own transition. The enable then completes with the claim consumed: the scheduler stays up but can never be disabled again, and bpf_scx_unreg() frees it while still in use, resulting in a use-after-free. Both WARN_ON_ONCE()s fire back to back: WARNING: kernel/sched/ext/ext.c:7522 at scx_root_enable_workfn+0xeec/0x1be0, CPU#3: scx_enable_help/276 WARNING: kernel/sched/ext/ext.c:6398 at scx_root_disable+0xb50/0xdb8, CPU#0: sched_ext_helpe/664 scx_root_enable_workfn() switches to SCX_ENABLING before the scheduler allocation, so ops->priv is never visible while SCX_DISABLED. The allocation failure path restores SCX_DISABLED.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/959c66dc4a915be306c35691095c787c61dc7df9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7a1c6e8004ab12a9c9bfdcb603f60f9bf4a3cee

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