# CVE-2026-98864: sched\_ext: Wait for SCX\_OPSS\_DISPATCHING before reenqueueing a task

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from ebf1ccff79c43f860cbd2f9d6cfab9a462d0cb2d, fixed in 43457bf6550044c40bd6d3fcdf9ea66f5a55d139; from ebf1ccff79c43f860cbd2f9d6cfab9a462d0cb2d, fixed in 7de9a6fb44eae4f05e68c805d58b9c618815adfa
- Linux: 7.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Wait for SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING before reenqueueing a task ebf1ccff79c4 ("sched_ext: Fix ops.dequeue() semantics") moved the final ops_state store in scx_dispatch_enqueue() after the DSQ unlock so that the custody update and ops.dequeue() precede it. A task can thus be found on a DSQ while still SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING. The dequeue and core-sched pick paths wait for the state to clear in ops_dequeue() but the reenqueue paths don't. A reenqueue in that window runs ops.enqueue() and sets SCX_OPSS_QUEUED before the dispatch has completed. The dispatcher's final store then overwrites it with SCX_OPSS_NONE and finish_dispatch() drops every later dispatch of the task. Wait for SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING to clear before dequeueing a task for reenqueue, the same way ops_dequeue() does.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43457bf6550044c40bd6d3fcdf9ea66f5a55d139
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de9a6fb44eae4f05e68c805d58b9c618815adfa

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