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cpufreq: amd-pstate-ut: Fix kernel panic when loading the driver

Published Oct 4, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 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-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 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-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 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-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 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 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

cpufreq: amd-pstate-ut: Fix kernel panic when loading the driver

After loading the amd-pstate-ut driver, amd_pstate_ut_check_perf()
and amd_pstate_ut_check_freq() use cpufreq_cpu_get() to get the policy
of the CPU and mark it as busy.

In these functions, cpufreq_cpu_put() should be used to release the
policy, but it is not, so any other entity trying to access the policy
is blocked indefinitely.

One such scenario is when amd_pstate mode is changed, leading to the
following splat:

[ 1332.103727] INFO: task bash:2929 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 1332.110001] Not tainted 6.5.0-rc2-amd-pstate-ut #5
[ 1332.115315] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 1332.123140] task:bash state:D stack:0 pid:2929 ppid:2873 flags:0x00004006
[ 1332.123143] Call Trace:
[ 1332.123145] <TASK>
[ 1332.123148] __schedule+0x3c1/0x16a0
[ 1332.123154] ? _raw_read_lock_irqsave+0x2d/0x70
[ 1332.123157] schedule+0x6f/0x110
[ 1332.123160] schedule_timeout+0x14f/0x160
[ 1332.123162] ? preempt_count_add+0x86/0xd0
[ 1332.123165] __wait_for_common+0x92/0x190
[ 1332.123168] ? __pfx_schedule_timeout+0x10/0x10
[ 1332.123170] wait_for_completion+0x28/0x30
[ 1332.123173] cpufreq_policy_put_kobj+0x4d/0x90
[ 1332.123177] cpufreq_policy_free+0x157/0x1d0
[ 1332.123178] ? preempt_count_add+0x58/0xd0
[ 1332.123180] cpufreq_remove_dev+0xb6/0x100
[ 1332.123182] subsys_interface_unregister+0x114/0x120
[ 1332.123185] ? preempt_count_add+0x58/0xd0
[ 1332.123187] ? __pfx_amd_pstate_change_driver_mode+0x10/0x10
[ 1332.123190] cpufreq_unregister_driver+0x3b/0xd0
[ 1332.123192] amd_pstate_change_driver_mode+0x1e/0x50
[ 1332.123194] store_status+0xe9/0x180
[ 1332.123197] dev_attr_store+0x1b/0x30
[ 1332.123199] sysfs_kf_write+0x42/0x50
[ 1332.123202] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x143/0x1d0
[ 1332.123204] vfs_write+0x2df/0x400
[ 1332.123208] ksys_write+0x6b/0xf0
[ 1332.123210] __x64_sys_write+0x1d/0x30
[ 1332.123213] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
[ 1332.123216] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x2e/0x50
[ 1332.123219] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x49/0x1a0
[ 1332.123223] ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0xd/0x20
[ 1332.123225] ? irqentry_exit+0x3f/0x50
[ 1332.123226] ? exc_page_fault+0x8e/0x190
[ 1332.123228] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
[ 1332.123232] RIP: 0033:0x7fa74c514a37
[ 1332.123234] RSP: 002b:00007ffe31dd0788 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
[ 1332.123238] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 00007fa74c514a37
[ 1332.123239] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 000055e27c447aa0 RDI: 0000000000000001
[ 1332.123241] RBP: 000055e27c447aa0 R08: 00007fa74c5d1460 R09: 000000007fffffff
[ 1332.123242] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000008
[ 1332.123244] R13: 00007fa74c61a780 R14: 00007fa74c616600 R15: 00007fa74c615a00
[ 1332.123247] </TASK>

Fix this by calling cpufreq_cpu_put() wherever necessary.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1 6.1.53

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 6.5.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.5.3-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.55-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2024:2394, RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2024:2394, RHSA-2023:6583
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1.150700.17.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-36.1.21.13 SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-36.1.21.13 SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_6 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_6 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_17 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_17 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1

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