sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY

Summary

CVECVE-2024-49573
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-01-11 13:15:24 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 11:20:50 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/fair: Fix NEXT_BUDDY Adam reports that enabling NEXT_BUDDY insta triggers a WARN in pick_next_entity(). Moving clear_buddies() up before the delayed dequeue bits ensures no ->next buddy becomes delayed. Further ensure no new ->next buddy ever starts as delayed.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.001890000 probability, percentile 0.086860000 (date 2026-08-06)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.13 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.13 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 152e11f6df293e816a6a37c69757033cdc72667d 5dbe6816c49197677a5ecce749bd99929da147da git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 152e11f6df293e816a6a37c69757033cdc72667d 493afbd187c4c9cc1642792c0d9ba400c3d6d90d git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.12 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.7 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.13 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/493afbd187c4c9cc1642792c0d9ba400c3d6d90d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dbe6816c49197677a5ecce749bd99929da147da 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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