CVE-2026-64373In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Fix hotplug-suspend race during reboot During system reboot, cpufreq_suspend() is called via the kernel_restart() -> devic…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Fix hotplug-suspend race during reboot During system reboot, cpufreq_suspend() is called via the kernel_restart() -> device_shutdown() path. Unlike the normal system suspend path, the reboot path does not call freeze_processes(), so userspace processes and kernel threads remain active. This allows CPU hotplug operations to run concurrently with cpufreq_suspend(). The original code has no synchronization with CPU hotplug, leading to a race condition where governor_data can be freed by the hotplug path while cpufreq_suspend() is still accessing it, resulting in a null pointer dereference: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference Call Trace: do_kernel_fault+0x28/0x3c cpufreq_suspend+0xdc/0x160 device_shutdown+0x18/0x200 kernel_restart+0x40/0x80 arm64_sys_reboot+0x1b0/0x200 Fix this by adding cpus_read_lock()/cpus_read_unlock() to cpufreq_suspend() to block CPU hotplug operations while suspend is in progress. [ rjw: Changelog edits ]
- CVSS
- 4.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 4.4.198 before 4.5; from 4.9.198 before 4.10; from 4.14.151 before 4.15; from 4.19.81 before 4.20; from 5.3.8 before 5.4; from 5.4.1 before 5.10.261; from 5.11 before 5.15.212; from 5.16 before 6.1.178; and 10 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5dd354c37abaf4d60400c55c71f23ba2b33639patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e175c00c62dca3d91b987015808b5d52e8db2b4patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73255d702c7560185fd5951aadcf7eb057c2f453patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9103078c7b3091a2fbb52af176f95982ee7dd7f8patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0106b41f9a724868d390b8b3b4ea5ca0e04ea53patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ef2fc89d28ca62923376c4b8ffaa57136a36bepatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9029dd55696c651ee46912afa2a166fa456bb3epatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd4524ff6567fa4458a5bec4b017105e671d393epatch
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