{"cve":"CVE-2026-64373","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-25T10:17:20.283","modified":"2026-09-08T15:23:15.967","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: Fix hotplug-suspend race during reboot\n\nDuring system reboot, cpufreq_suspend() is called via the\nkernel_restart() -> device_shutdown() path. Unlike the normal system\nsuspend path, the reboot path does not call freeze_processes(), so\nuserspace processes and kernel threads remain active.\n\nThis allows CPU hotplug operations to run concurrently with\ncpufreq_suspend(). The original code has no synchronization with CPU\nhotplug, leading to a race condition where governor_data can be freed\nby the hotplug path while cpufreq_suspend() is still accessing it,\nresulting in a null pointer dereference:\n\n  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference\n  Call Trace:\n   do_kernel_fault+0x28/0x3c\n   cpufreq_suspend+0xdc/0x160\n   device_shutdown+0x18/0x200\n   kernel_restart+0x40/0x80\n   arm64_sys_reboot+0x1b0/0x200\n\nFix this by adding cpus_read_lock()/cpus_read_unlock() to\ncpufreq_suspend() to block CPU hotplug operations while suspend is in\nprogress.\n\n[ rjw: Changelog edits ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5dd354c37abaf4d60400c55c71f23ba2b33639","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e175c00c62dca3d91b987015808b5d52e8db2b4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73255d702c7560185fd5951aadcf7eb057c2f453","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9103078c7b3091a2fbb52af176f95982ee7dd7f8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0106b41f9a724868d390b8b3b4ea5ca0e04ea53"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:46:40.600842820+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-64373","score":0.00089,"percentile":0.00394,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}