CVE-2026-53328

sched_ext: Don't warn on NULL cgrp_moving_from in scx_cgroup_move_task()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jul 1, 2026
Updated
Jul 1, 2026
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026

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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 --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- 1. cpu enabled on cgroup G cpu css = A 2. cpu toggled off then on for G A killed, B created (same cgroup) 3. an exiting task keeps A alive migration skips it, A now stale 4. +memory migrates G stale A vs current B pulls cpu in 5. cpu attach runs for all tasks hits a live, cpu-unchanged task 6. 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.

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Weaknesses

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Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before cdff2eb97be147d2ce52ac1327841068781f25dcAffected
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before 0ffcad63b19a1cadb475c9f405a93607fdcd0d7cAffected
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before bc75f5951fac4e49d175c4433fc08fb1ec01172fAffected
  • 8195136669661fdfe54e9a8923c33b31c92fc1da to before 02e545c4297a26dbbc41df81b831e7f605bcd306Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.12Affected
  • before 6.12Not affected
  • 6.12.94 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.36 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.13 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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