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CVE-2025-40260sched_ext: Fix scx_enable() crash on helper kthread creation failure

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix scx_enable() crash on helper kthread creation failure A crash was observed when the sched_ext selftests runner was terminated with Ctrl+\ while test 15 was running: NIP [c00000000028fa58] scx_enable.constprop.0+0x358/0x12b0 LR [c00000000028fa2c] scx_enable.constprop.0+0x32c/0x12b0 Call Trace: scx_enable.constprop.0+0x32c/0x12b0 (unreliable) bpf_struct_ops_link_create+0x18c/0x22c __sys_bpf+0x23f8/0x3044 sys_bpf+0x2c/0x6c system_call_exception+0x124/0x320 system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec kthread_run_worker() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure rather than NULL, but the current code in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() only checks for a NULL helper. Incase of failure on SIGQUIT, the error is not handled in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() and scx_enable() ends up dereferencing an error pointer. Error handling is fixed in scx_alloc_and_add_sched() to propagate PTR_ERR() into ret, so that scx_enable() jumps to the existing error path, avoiding random dereference on failure.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. · 8 months later

    Published

  3. · 5 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected bff3b5aec1b727b620adc7c47085592802390125 – < 625e173e2a59b6cf6cbfb51c0a6bea47f3861eab
    • affected bff3b5aec1b727b620adc7c47085592802390125 – < 7b6216baae751369195fa3c83d434d23bcda406a

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 6.16
    • unaffected < 6.16
    • unaffected 6.17.10 – ≤ 6.17.*
    • unaffected 6.18 – ≤ *

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