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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-68780" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-01-13T15:28:55.483Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:53:12.601Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-68780" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-68780.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68780" title: "sched/deadline: only set free_cpus for online runqueues" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched/deadline: only set free_cpus for online runqueues\n\nCommit 16b269436b72 (\"sched/deadline: Modify cpudl::free_cpus\nto reflect rd-\u003eonline\") introduced the cpudl_set/clear_freecpu\nfunctions to allow the cpu_dl::free_cpus mask to be manipulated\nby the deadline scheduler class rq_on/offline callbacks so the\nmask would also reflect this state.\n\nCommit 9659e1eeee28 (\"sched/deadline: Remove cpu_active_mask\nfrom cpudl_find()\") removed the check of the cpu_active_mask to\nsave some processing on the premise that the cpudl::free_cpus\nmask already reflected the runqueue online state.\n\nUnfortunately, there are cases where it is possible for the\ncpudl_clear function to set the free_cpus bit for a CPU when the\ndeadline runqueue is offline. When this occurs while a CPU is\nconnected to the default root domain the flag may retain the bad\nstate after the CPU has been unplugged. Later, a different CPU\nthat is transitioning through the default root domain may push a\ndeadline task to the powered down CPU when cpudl_find sees its\nfree_cpus bit is set. If this happens the task will not have the\nopportunity to run.\n\nOne example is outlined here:\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250110233010.2339521-1-opendmb@gmail.com\n\nAnother occurs when the last deadline task is migrated from a\nCPU that has an offlined runqueue. The dequeue_task member of\nthe deadline scheduler class will eventually call cpudl_clear\nand set the free_cpus bit for the CPU.\n\nThis commit modifies the cpudl_clear function to be aware of the\nonline state of the deadline runqueue so that the free_cpus mask\ncan be updated appropriately.\n\nIt is no longer necessary to manage the mask outside of the\ncpudl_set/clear functions so the cpudl_set/clear_freecpu\nfunctions are removed. In addition, since the free_cpus mask is\nnow only updated under the cpudl lock the code was changed to\nuse the non-atomic __cpumask functions." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"9659e1eeee28f7025b6545934d644d19e9c6e603","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9019e399684e3cc68c4a3f050e268f74d69c1317"},{"version":"9659e1eeee28f7025b6545934d644d19e9c6e603","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fb36846cbcc936954f2ad2bffdff13d16c0be08a"},{"version":"9659e1eeee28f7025b6545934d644d19e9c6e603","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"91e448e69aca4bb0ba2e998eb3e555644db7322b"},{"version":"9659e1eeee28f7025b6545934d644d19e9c6e603","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dbc61834b0412435df21c71410562d933e4eba49"},{"version":"9659e1eeee28f7025b6545934d644d19e9c6e603","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3ed049fbfb4d75b4e0b8ab54c934f485129d5dc8"},{"version":"9659e1eeee28f7025b6545934d644d19e9c6e603","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"382748c05e58a9f1935f5a653c352422375566ea"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.0"},{"version":"5.15.198","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.120","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.64","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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