5.5

CVE-2024-57891: sched_ext: Fix invalid irq restore in scx_ops_bypass()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57891DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57891
Published 15-01-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-57891 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1SUSE-SU-2026:20560-1

Timeline

  1. 15-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix invalid irq restore in scx_ops_bypass() While adding outer irqsave/restore locking, 0e7ffff1b811 ("scx: Fix raciness in scx_ops_bypass()") forgot to convert an inner rq_unlock_irqrestore() to rq_unlock() which could re-enable IRQ prematurely leading to the following warning: raw_local_irq_restore() called with IRQs enabled WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 96 at kernel/locking/irqflag-debug.c:10 warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x30/0x40 ... Sched_ext: create_dsq (enabling) pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x30/0x40 lr : warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x30/0x40 ... Call trace: warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x30/0x40 (P) warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x30/0x40 (L) scx_ops_bypass+0x224/0x3b8 scx_ops_enable.isra.0+0x2c8/0xaa8 bpf_scx_reg+0x18/0x30 ... irq event stamp: 33739 hardirqs last enabled at (33739): [<ffff8000800b699c>] scx_ops_bypass+0x174/0x3b8 hardirqs last disabled at (33738): [<ffff800080d48ad4>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb4/0xd8 Drop the stray _irqrestore().

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu77 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 0e7ffff1b8117b05635c87d3c9099f6aa9c9b689, < 786362ce60d79967875f43e0ba55ad7a5376c133 | ≥ 0e7ffff1b8117b05635c87d3c9099f6aa9c9b689, < 18b2093f4598d8ee67a8153badc93f0fa7686b8a | 6.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.12.1, < 6.12.9 | 6.12 | 6.12:rc6 | 6.12:rc7 | 6.13:rc1 | 6.13:rc2 | 6.13:rc3 | 6.13:rc4 | 6.13:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.9-1

3 vendors · 80 products

References

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