Improper Locking
CVE-2025-68333
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn() For PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq returned by container_of() is current CPU's rq, the following scenarios may occur: lock(&rq->__lock); <Interrupt> lock(&rq->__lock); This commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to initialize rq->scx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn() is always invoked in hard-irq context.
- LOW
- LOCAL
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- UNCHANGED
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- LOW
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- HIGH
CWE-667 - Improper Locking
The software does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published