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CVE-2026-97905

cpufreq: zero-initialize policy cpumask before sysfs publication

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: zero-initialize policy cpumask before sysfs publication cpufreq_policy_alloc() allocates policy->cpus with alloc_cpumask_var(), i.e. without __GFP_ZERO, unlike the sibling related_cpus and real_cpus masks. With CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y the mask is a separate kmalloc_node() allocation, so its bitmap holds whatever the slab allocator left behind: cpufreq_online() cpufreq_policy_alloc() alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus) /* bitmap is uninitialized */ kobject_init_and_add() /* policy%u/ appears in sysfs */ cpufreq_policy_online() cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpumask_of(cpu)) /* first valid value */ This leaves a window in which the sysfs attributes are already reachable while policy->cpus is still garbage. show()/store() gate on policy_is_inactive(), i.e. cpumask_empty(policy->cpus), so a non-zero bitmap makes them run the attribute callbacks on a policy that is not initialized yet. Fix this by using zalloc_cpumask_var() for policy->cpus.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < e13370c5b549712f49f80234df249303381c53b4affected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < e807920031ca32b668f9e7a1efbd21858f03d64baffected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < ca52482508b3ac9febe74ca4f732647d394727b8affected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < 06f273d29e5e0fe5c775a65c563fbeed8cd94c7aaffected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < 0de2f3918fbbbb767e7e716178194b66560dd12aaffected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < 6e166b9281dec98aed19213a84235250e5fdb081affected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < bbc0472d2270bf732142ca71579d6ede636174edaffected
  • 2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to < 54d37bcf2f497140b9207968557ddb484058e749affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.2affected
  • 0 to < 4.2unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.7 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References