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GHSA-7GHP-FWFC-32F2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-18 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-14 18:31

Details

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

cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost

set_boost is a per-policy function call, hence a driver wide lock is unnecessary. Also this mutex_acquire can collide with the mutex_acquire from the mode-switch path in status_store(), which can lead to a deadlock. So, remove it.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2025-38038 (GCVE-0-2025-38038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-18 09:33 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:20

Title

cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost set_boost is a per-policy function call, hence a driver wide lock is unnecessary. Also this mutex_acquire can collide with the mutex_acquire from the mode-switch path in status_store(), which can lead to a deadlock. So, remove it.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6624 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e931ee145eeab81…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd347d07171323458…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db1cafc77aaaf8715…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f , < 61e931ee145eeab8196e585ff4334870b130b744 (git) Affected: ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f , < cd347d071713234586762d79c5a691785e9be418 (git) Affected: ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f , < db1cafc77aaaf871509da06f4a864e9af6d6791f (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.31 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.14.9 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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