Medium · published December 22, 2025
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.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.12, < 6.12.68 | 6.12.68 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.17.12 | 6.17.12 |
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