CVE-2026-43438

sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
May 8, 2026
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
May 1, 2026

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Description

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

sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()

The iterator css_for_each_descendant_pre() walks the cgroup hierarchy under cgroup_lock(). It does not increment the reference counts on yielded css structs.

According to the cgroup documentation, css_put() should only be used to release a reference obtained via css_get() or css_tryget_online(). Since the iterator does not use either of these to acquire a reference, calling css_put() in the error path of scx_cgroup_init() causes a refcount underflow.

Remove the unbalanced css_put() to prevent a potential Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before cc095cd305fddbe25a968e4a78436ff9476cf0f6Affected
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before 6eaaa67d6998f6c30c462b140db8c062e07ec473Affected
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before bf50f3285eda8a0173625fcdb5f183f96e1008cdAffected
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before 1336b579f6079fb8520be03624fcd9ba443c930bAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.12Affected
  • before 6.12Not affected
  • 6.12.78 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.19 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.9 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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