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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched_ext: Take cgroup_lock() first in scx_cgroup_lock()\n\nscx_cgroup_lock() write-locks scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem and then takes\ncgroup_lock(), which can deadlock through kernfs:\n\n  scx enable/disable         cgroup rmdir           cpu.weight write\n  ------------------         ------------           ----------------\n                             cgroup_lock()\n  percpu_down_write(rwsem)\n  cgroup_lock()\n                                                    kernfs_get_active()\n                                                    percpu_down_read(rwsem)\n                             kernfs_drain()\n\nThe enable path waits for the rmdir to release cgroup_mutex. The rmdir,\ndeactivating the cpu controller\u0027s files, waits in kernfs_drain() for the\nwrite\u0027s active reference. The write, in scx_group_set_weight(), waits for\nthe rwsem behind the pending writer.\n\nTake cgroup_lock() first. The set_* paths take no cgroup locks inside the\nread side, so a pending write-lock then only waits for read sections that\nalways run to completion, and no dependency from the rwsem back to\ncgroup_mutex remains."
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