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CVE-2026-74405 (GCVE-0-2026-74405)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:59 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:46
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Title
OPP: Fix race between OPP addition and lookup
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: OPP: Fix race between OPP addition and lookup A race exists between dev_pm_opp_add_dynamic() and dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact(): CPU0 (add) CPU1 (lookup) ------------------------------- ------------------------------ _opp_add() mutex_lock() list_add(&new_opp->node, head) mutex_unlock() _opp_table_find_key() mutex_lock() dev_pm_opp_get(opp) kref_get() mutex_unlock() kref_init(&new_opp->kref) dev_pm_opp_put() kref_put_mutex() The newly added OPP is inserted into the list before its kref is initialized. A concurrent lookup can find this OPP and increment its reference count while it is still uninitialized, leading to refcount corruption and a potential premature free. Fix this by initializing ->kref and ->opp_table before making the OPP visible via list_add(). This ensures any concurrent lookup observes a fully initialized object. [ Viresh: Updated commit log ]
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17 , < 46696b0b2123475d7f95909435c09808fc5ffd23 (git)
Affected: 7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17 , < bb75bd7d9ae7672034f73ce67a57e6ac89bb39e5 (git)
Affected: 7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17 , < f5e1cc9a284bff2510981643a5bca4bc4c21b81a (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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