In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Don't warn on...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Don't warn on NULL cgrp_moving_from in scx_cgroup_move_task()
A WARN fires when systemd's user manager writes "+cpu +memory +pids" to its own subtree_control while a sched_ext scheduler is loaded:
WARNING: at kernel/sched/ext.c:3227 scx_cgroup_move_task+0xa8/0xb0 scx_cgroup_move_task+0xa8/0xb0 sched_move_task+0x134/0x290 cpu_cgroup_attach+0x39/0x70 cgroup_migrate_execute+0x37d/0x450 cgroup_update_dfl_csses+0x1e3/0x270 cgroup_subtree_control_write+0x3e7/0x440
scx_cgroup_can_attach() arms cgrp_moving_from only when a task's cpu cgroup changes. It can still be NULL when scx_cgroup_move_task() runs, through this sequence:
Step Result
- cpu enabled on cgroup G cpu css = A
- cpu toggled off then on for G A killed, B created (same cgroup)
- an exiting task keeps A alive migration skips it, A now stale
- +memory migrates G stale A vs current B pulls cpu in
- cpu attach runs for all tasks hits a live, cpu-unchanged task
- scx_cgroup_move_task() on it cgrp_moving_from NULL -> WARN
The mismatch is that scx_cgroup_can_attach() keys on cgroup identity while migration drives the move on css identity, so a NULL cgrp_moving_from here is a legitimate css-only migration, not a missing prep.
The call is already gated on cgrp_moving_from, so just drop the warning. ops.cgroup_prep_move() and ops.cgroup_move() stay paired.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53328
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e545c4297a26dbbc41df81b831e7f605bcd306
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ffcad63b19a1cadb475c9f405a93607fdcd0d7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc75f5951fac4e49d175c4433fc08fb1ec01172f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdff2eb97be147d2ce52ac1327841068781f25dc
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q89p-4x7p-f9v9