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CVE-2025-21965

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2025-04-01 Modified: 2026-07-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Validate prev_cpu in scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() If a BPF scheduler provides an invalid CPU (outside the nr_cpu_ids range) as prev_cpu to scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() it can cause a kernel crash. To prevent this, validate prev_cpu in scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() and trigger an scx error if an invalid CPU is specified.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References