{"id":"CVE-2025-38038","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost\n\nset_boost is a per-policy function call, hence a driver wide lock is\nunnecessary. Also this mutex_acquire can collide with the mutex_acquire\nfrom the mode-switch path in status_store(), which can lead to a\ndeadlock. So, remove it.","publishedAt":"2025-06-18T09:33:24.178Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T21:20:05.302Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f","status":"affected","lessThan":"61e931ee145eeab8196e585ff4334870b130b744","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f","status":"affected","lessThan":"cd347d071713234586762d79c5a691785e9be418","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f","status":"affected","lessThan":"db1cafc77aaaf871509da06f4a864e9af6d6791f","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.31","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.14.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.14.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e931ee145eeab8196e585ff4334870b130b744","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd347d071713234586762d79c5a691785e9be418","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db1cafc77aaaf871509da06f4a864e9af6d6791f"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:09:09.358Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38038.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38038","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-06-18T09:33:24.178Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:20:05.302Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:23.978Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost\n\nset_boost is a per-policy function call, hence a driver wide lock is\nunnecessary. 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