CVE-2026-68421

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68421
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68421.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-68421
Downstream
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Published
2026-08-10T12:04:41Z
Modified
2026-10-24T02:34:04Z
Summary
sched_ext: Don't warn on core-sched forced idle in put_prev_task_scx()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched_ext: Don't warn on core-sched forced idle in put_prev_task_scx()

put_prev_task_scx() warns when a runnable task drops to a lower sched_class without SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST, on the assumption that balance_one() would have kept it running. Core scheduling breaks that: a forced-idle SMT sibling reschedules through the core_pick fast path in pick_next_task(), which skips pick_task_scx() and thus balance_one(), so a runnable task can drop to idle with ENQ_LAST unset.

Gate the warning on sched_cpu_cookie_match(): a cookie mismatch means core scheduling forced the idle, while a match (or core scheduling off) still catches a genuine missing-ENQ_LAST drop.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68421.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
7c65ae81ea86a6ed8086e1a5651acd766187f19b
Fixed
6267ebee9f2f3e26f4968bf6dc29d350620fa320
Fixed
2907e9d0f05b506dfd58aec589a23042a56ef36b
Fixed
e2f188cdbf8312289532c36eb4e9eb1c9544d43a
Fixed
b7d9c359e5cf867f7eb23df3bb1c6b9e58af24da

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68421.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.12.0
Fixed
6.12.114
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.42
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68421.json"