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Unscored CVE-2023-52635 EUVD-2023-57259GHSA-f688-vq7p-p658

PM / devfreq: Synchronize devfreq_monitor_[start/stop]

Published Apr 2, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PM / devfreq: Synchronize devfreq_monitor_[start/stop]

There is a chance if a frequent switch of the governor
done in a loop result in timer list corruption where
timer cancel being done from two place one from
cancel_delayed_work_sync() and followed by expire_timers()
can be seen from the traces[1].

while true
do
echo "simple_ondemand" > /sys/class/devfreq/1d84000.ufshc/governor
echo "performance" > /sys/class/devfreq/1d84000.ufshc/governor
done

It looks to be issue with devfreq driver where
device_monitor_[start/stop] need to synchronized so that
delayed work should get corrupted while it is either
being queued or running or being cancelled.

Let's use polling flag and devfreq lock to synchronize the
queueing the timer instance twice and work data being
corrupted.

[1]
...
..
<idle>-0 [003] 9436.209662: timer_cancel timer=0xffffff80444f0428
<idle>-0 [003] 9436.209664: timer_expire_entry timer=0xffffff80444f0428 now=0x10022da1c function=__typeid__ZTSFvP10timer_listE_global_addr baseclk=0x10022da1c
<idle>-0 [003] 9436.209718: timer_expire_exit timer=0xffffff80444f0428
kworker/u16:6-14217 [003] 9436.209863: timer_start timer=0xffffff80444f0428 function=__typeid__ZTSFvP10timer_listE_global_addr expires=0x10022da2b now=0x10022da1c flags=182452227
vendor.xxxyyy.ha-1593 [004] 9436.209888: timer_cancel timer=0xffffff80444f0428
vendor.xxxyyy.ha-1593 [004] 9436.216390: timer_init timer=0xffffff80444f0428
vendor.xxxyyy.ha-1593 [004] 9436.216392: timer_start timer=0xffffff80444f0428 function=__typeid__ZTSFvP10timer_listE_global_addr expires=0x10022da2c now=0x10022da1d flags=186646532
vendor.xxxyyy.ha-1593 [005] 9436.220992: timer_cancel timer=0xffffff80444f0428
xxxyyyTraceManag-7795 [004] 9436.261641: timer_cancel timer=0xffffff80444f0428

[2]

9436.261653][ C4] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dead00000000012a
[ 9436.261664][ C4] Mem abort info:
[ 9436.261666][ C4] ESR = 0x96000044
[ 9436.261669][ C4] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 9436.261671][ C4] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 9436.261673][ C4] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 9436.261675][ C4] Data abort info:
[ 9436.261677][ C4] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044
[ 9436.261680][ C4] CM = 0, WnR = 1
[ 9436.261682][ C4] [dead00000000012a] address between user and kernel address ranges
[ 9436.261685][ C4] Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 9436.261701][ C4] Skip md ftrace buffer dump for: 0x3a982d0
...

[ 9436.262138][ C4] CPU: 4 PID: 7795 Comm: TraceManag Tainted: G S W O 5.10.149-android12-9-o-g17f915d29d0c #1
[ 9436.262141][ C4] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (DT)
[ 9436.262144][ C4] pstate: 22400085 (nzCv daIf +PAN -UAO +TCO BTYPE=--)
[ 9436.262161][ C4] pc : expire_timers+0x9c/0x438
[ 9436.262164][ C4] lr : expire_timers+0x2a4/0x438
[ 9436.262168][ C4] sp : ffffffc010023dd0
[ 9436.262171][ C4] x29: ffffffc010023df0 x28: ffffffd0636fdc18
[ 9436.262178][ C4] x27: ffffffd063569dd0 x26: ffffffd063536008
[ 9436.262182][ C4] x25: 0000000000000001 x24: ffffff88f7c69280
[ 9436.262185][ C4] x23: 00000000000000e0 x22: dead000000000122
[ 9436.262188][ C4] x21: 000000010022da29 x20: ffffff8af72b4e80
[ 9436.262191][ C4] x19: ffffffc010023e50 x18: ffffffc010025038
[ 9436.262195][ C4] x17: 0000000000000240 x16: 0000000000000201
[ 9436.262199][ C4] x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: ffffff889f3c3100
[ 9436.262203][ C4] x13: ffffff889f3c3100 x12: 00000000049f56b8
[ 9436.262207][ C4] x11: 00000000049f56b8 x10: 00000000ffffffff
[ 9436.262212][ C4] x9 : ffffffc010023e50 x8 : dead000000000122
[ 9436.262216][ C4] x7 : ffffffffffffffff x6 : ffffffc0100239d8
[ 9436.262220][ C4] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000101
[ 9436.262223][ C4] x3 : 0000000000000080 x2 : ffffff8
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.8 5.10.210

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.82-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.216-1 DSA-5681-1
Debian 10 linux-5.10 5.10.216-1~deb10u1 DLA-3842-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1043.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-106.116 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1061.67 USN-6766-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1063.72 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1063.72.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1059.67 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1058.63 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1044.51 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2 USN-6818-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1054.57 USN-6766-2, USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1057.63 USN-6795-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1054.55 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1021.22 USN-6818-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1026.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25 USN-6819-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1059.65 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1 USN-6819-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.5 6.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1061.67~20.04.1 USN-6766-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1063.72~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1063.72~20.04.1.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1059.67~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1044.51~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-106.116~20.04.1 USN-6766-2, USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1054.57~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1058.64~20.04.1 USN-6828-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1027.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1059.65~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1057.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1054.56 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1062.70 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1061.67+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1063.72+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-106.116+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1059.67+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9315
RHEL 9 rv +67 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9315
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.4 EUS bpftool 7.3.0-427.47.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:10771
RHEL 9.4 EUS rv +64 5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:10771
RHEL 9.2 EUS bpftool 7.0.0-284.77.1.el9_2 RHSA-2024:5066
RHEL 9.2 EUS kernel-rt +14 5.14.0-284.77.1.rt14.362.el9_2 RHSA-2024:5067
RHEL 9.2 EUS perf +47 5.14.0-284.77.1.el9_2 RHSA-2024:5066
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3.150600.12.2.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.7.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-syms 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-9.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1 1-150600.13.3.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13 1-150500.11.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_56 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +2 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3.150600.12.2.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.7.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +2 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-64kb +7 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 ELSA-2024-9315
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 ELSA-2024-9315

Advisories 31

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