cgroup/cpuset: Make nr_deadline_tasks an atomic_t

Summary

CVECVE-2026-93150
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-17 17:18:10 UTC
Updated2026-09-17 17:18:10 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup/cpuset: Make nr_deadline_tasks an atomic_t The nr_deadline_tasks variable in the cpuset structure was introduced by commit 6c24849f5515 ("sched/cpuset: Keep track of SCHED_DEADLINE task in cpusets"). It is reported by sashiko [1] that nr_deadline_tasks can currently be modified by inc_dl_tasks_cs() under rq->lock and by cpuset_attach() under cpuset_mutex. So if both updates happen simultaneously, the nr_deadline_tasks variable can be corrupted leading to incorrect operations down the road. Fix that by changing its type to atomic_t so that nr_deadline_tasks are always atomically updated. This fix patch is a low hanging fruit. It can handle some of the races between a concurrent sched_setscheduler() and cpuset_can_attach()/cpuset_attach() calls, but not all of them like the other issue raised by sashiko [2]. This will be handled hopefully in a future follow up patch. [1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260626181923.133658-1-longman%40redhat.com [2] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260630033344.352702-1-longman%40redhat.com

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.002000000 probability, percentile 0.101490000 (date 2026-09-18)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 6c24849f5515e4966d94fa5279bdff4acf2e9489 e422b32e6a57269ca8164c60674a78bee85cf5fb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6c24849f5515e4966d94fa5279bdff4acf2e9489 e5965ae3f7c918151b87e5c925b7978afbeaf638 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6c24849f5515e4966d94fa5279bdff4acf2e9489 78d9daf5e13ad1448b7dfebac949936710ec7565 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6c24849f5515e4966d94fa5279bdff4acf2e9489 95220e1f18f6321008f021abc7d6f581f64bcb82 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5ac05ce5684315d0e71194a63febaf33921c3268 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 43d8cbfefa7c59bd3b5fe184535eca476d45304e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected d1b4262b78cc7638642833252ae92fc586854ffb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 74fac5bb0d375d6b8f5e7997925063c509089c9c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.10.193 5.11 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.15.129 5.16 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.1.50 6.2 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.4.13 6.5 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.5 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.5 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.110 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.52 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2.6 7.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/95220e1f18f6321008f021abc7d6f581f64bcb82 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/78d9daf5e13ad1448b7dfebac949936710ec7565 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5965ae3f7c918151b87e5c925b7978afbeaf638 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e422b32e6a57269ca8164c60674a78bee85cf5fb 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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