sched/core: Avoid false migration warning for proxy donors
Proxy execution can move a blocked donor's scheduling context to the
lock owner's CPU even when the donor is migration-disabled. The donor
does not execute there, and its original execution CPU remains recorded
in wake_cpu.
set_task_cpu() warns unconditionally for migration-disabled tasks, so a
subsequent proxy migration or the wakeup path returning the donor home
triggers a false positive: moving a blocked scheduling context does not
violate the migration-disabled execution context.
For example, creating a mutex owner on CPU1 and a migration-disabled
waiter on CPU0 can trigger the following warning:
proxy_migrate_repro: donor blocking on CPU0 with migration disabled
proxy_migrate_repro: donor moved from CPU0 to CPU1
WARNING: kernel/sched/core.c:3389 at set_task_cpu+0x1d3/0x280
...
Call Trace:
try_to_wake_up+0x43f/0x780
__mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x330/0x540
owner_fn+0x9f/0xc0 [proxy_migrate_repro]
...
proxy_migrate_repro: donor woke on CPU0, task_cpu=0
proxy_migrate_repro: completed
Exclude blocked proxy donors from the warning. The proxy wakeup path
restores an executable placement before clearing the blocked state.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/core: Avoid false migration warning for proxy donors Proxy execution can move a blocked donor's scheduling context to the lock owner's CPU even when the donor is migration-disabled. The donor does not execute there, and its original execution CPU remains recorded in wake_cpu. set_task_cpu() warns unconditionally for migration-disabled tasks, so a subsequent proxy migration or the wakeup path returning the donor home triggers a false positive: moving a blocked scheduling context does not violate the migration-disabled execution context. For example, creating a mutex owner on CPU1 and a migration-disabled waiter on CPU0 can trigger the following warning: proxy_migrate_repro: donor blocking on CPU0 with migration disabled proxy_migrate_repro: donor moved from CPU0 to CPU1 WARNING: kernel/sched/core.c:3389 at set_task_cpu+0x1d3/0x280 ... Call Trace: try_to_wake_up+0x43f/0x780 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x330/0x540 owner_fn+0x9f/0xc0 [proxy_migrate_repro] ... proxy_migrate_repro: donor woke on CPU0, task_cpu=0 proxy_migrate_repro: completed Exclude blocked proxy donors from the warning. The proxy wakeup path restores an executable placement before clearing the blocked state. | |
| Title | sched/core: Avoid false migration warning for proxy donors | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T13:27:48.406Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.347Z
Link: CVE-2026-98418
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T14:17:53.173
Modified: 2026-10-14T14:17:53.173
Link: CVE-2026-98418
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