GHSA-79CX-C495-FFVX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-21 15:31 – Updated: 2025-10-15 15:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Replace rq_lock() to raw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass()
scx_ops_bypass() iterates all CPUs to re-enqueue all the scx tasks. For each CPU, it acquires a lock using rq_lock() regardless of whether a CPU is offline or the CPU is currently running a task in a higher scheduler class (e.g., deadline). The rq_lock() is supposed to be used for online CPUs, and the use of rq_lock() may trigger an unnecessary warning in rq_pin_lock(). Therefore, replace rq_lock() to raw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass().
Without this change, we observe the following warning:
===== START ===== [ 6.615205] rq->balance_callback && rq->balance_callback != &balance_push_callback [ 6.615208] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/sched.h:1730 __schedule+0x1130/0x1c90 ===== END =====
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21657"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-21T13:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched_ext: Replace rq_lock() to raw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass()\n\nscx_ops_bypass() iterates all CPUs to re-enqueue all the scx tasks.\nFor each CPU, it acquires a lock using rq_lock() regardless of whether\na CPU is offline or the CPU is currently running a task in a higher\nscheduler class (e.g., deadline). The rq_lock() is supposed to be used\nfor online CPUs, and the use of rq_lock() may trigger an unnecessary\nwarning in rq_pin_lock(). Therefore, replace rq_lock() to\nraw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass().\n\nWithout this change, we observe the following warning:\n\n===== START =====\n[ 6.615205] rq-\u003ebalance_callback \u0026\u0026 rq-\u003ebalance_callback != \u0026balance_push_callback\n[ 6.615208] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/sched.h:1730 __schedule+0x1130/0x1c90\n===== END =====",
"id": "GHSA-79cx-c495-ffvx",
"modified": "2025-10-15T15:30:21Z",
"published": "2025-01-21T15:31:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21657"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6268d5bc10354fc2ab8d44a0cd3b042d49a0417e"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9e446dd63cee7161717a6a8414ba9c6435af764"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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