CVE-2026-93150 json
cgroup/cpuset: Make nr_deadline_tasks an atomic_t
published 2026-09-17 53 d ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-82258
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In 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
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.11, 5.16, 6.1.191, 6.5, 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93150
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93150
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.8-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11893-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-101855
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4987d336abf3fa575a2d953f69e11154ac9802c3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/642648fa7595241e4d491add5007bc33f11defb5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e422b32e6a57269ca8164c60674a78bee85cf5fb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5965ae3f7c918151b87e5c925b7978afbeaf638 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/78d9daf5e13ad1448b7dfebac949936710ec7565 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95220e1f18f6321008f021abc7d6f581f64bcb82 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-93150 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: cgroup/cpuset: Make nr_deadline_tasks an atomic_t
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8not affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/4987d336abf3fa575a2d953f69e11154ac9802c3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/642648fa7595241e4d491add5007bc33f11defb5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e422b32e6a57269ca8164c60674a78bee85cf5fb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e5965ae3f7c918151b87e5c925b7978afbeaf638
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/78d9daf5e13ad1448b7dfebac949936710ec7565
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/95220e1f18f6321008f021abc7d6f581f64bcb82
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-93150
- NVD CVE-2026-93150
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