CVE-2026-99105: sched_ext: Fix stall when a task enqueued with SCX_ENQ_LAST lands back on its CPU's local DSQ
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 396ba6f04da3fd1fb5a3d1c9535bef3f967f4e59, 7a9df76679633cf26e0fea882a684012c6ec245a, 8d891c218016b6145993e082e7f732cb69dd0e29.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 396ba6f04da3fd1fb5a3d1c9535bef3f967f4e59, 7a9df76679633cf26e0fea882a684012c6ec245a, 8d891c218016b6145993e082e7f732cb69dd0e29 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix stall when a task enqueued with SCX_ENQ_LAST lands back on its CPU's local DSQ With SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST, the last runnable task on a CPU is passed to ops.enqueue() instead of being kept running. Exiting tasks without SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING, migration disabled tasks without SCX_OPS_ENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED and tasks on an offline rq skip ops.enqueue() and go straight to the local DSQ. This happens in put_prev_task_scx() after the pick has settled on idle, so nothing reschedules the CPU, which idles with the task queued until an unrelated wakeup lands on it or the watchdog fires. scx_mitosis, which sets SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST without SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING, hit this during mass cgroup teardown: exiting tasks stuck in exit_mmap() for over 40 seconds. A task put on the local DSQ runs, as anywhere else. If the SCX_ENQ_LAST enqueue left the task on this CPU's local DSQ, set need_resched on the task being switched in, as proxy_resched_idle() does. resched_curr() would flag the task being put instead, and __schedule() clears that right after the pick.
- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 6th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.12affected
- f0e1a0643a59bf1f922fa209cec86a170b784f3f and later · before ea47eec058fc1b6a3c3c54870d24a8bdcb3e204daffected · git
- f0e1a0643a59bf1f922fa209cec86a170b784f3f and later · before 8d891c218016b6145993e082e7f732cb69dd0e29affected · git
- f0e1a0643a59bf1f922fa209cec86a170b784f3f and later · before 396ba6f04da3fd1fb5a3d1c9535bef3f967f4e59affected · git
- f0e1a0643a59bf1f922fa209cec86a170b784f3f and later · before 7a9df76679633cf26e0fea882a684012c6ec245aaffected · git
- before 6.12not affected · semver
- 6.12.115 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.59 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
- 7.2.13 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
- 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.115-2 | 6.12.115-2 |
| Debian:14 | linux | from 0 | — |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-99103Oct 28, 2026 · workqueue: Fix unbound pool lifetime for pending pwqs0Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-99104Oct 28, 2026 · sched_ext: Fix the bypass dispatch claim for schedulers bypassed by an ancestor0Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-99106Oct 28, 2026 · drm/amdgpu: free the userptr ranges when a CS fails after parser_bos0Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 396ba6f04da3fd1fb5a3d1c9535bef3f967f4e59 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 7a9df76679633cf26e0fea882a684012c6ec245a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8d891c218016b6145993e082e7f732cb69dd0e29 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ea47eec058fc1b6a3c3c54870d24a8bdcb3e204d | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.115-2 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 7, 2026+10 d
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Variant candidates
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No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1423 · Oct 30, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
No CVSS vector for this record, so attack conditions can't be derived.
Weakness class (CWE)
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Attack context
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Change log
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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