{"cve":"CVE-2026-97925","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:19.680","modified":"2026-10-19T10:17:43.293","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntick/broadcast: Plug clockevents replacement race\n\n朱恺乾 reported and decoded the following race condition when a broadcast\ndevice is replaced:\n\nCPUA\t\t\t\t\tCPUB\n __tick_broadcast_oneshot_control()\n   bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev;\n\t\t\t\t\ttick_install_broadcast_device(dev)\n        \t\t\t\tclockevents_exchange_device(cur, dev)\n\t\t\t\t\t   shutdown(cur);\n\t\t\t\t\t   detach(cur);\n\t\t\t\t\t   cur->handler = noop;\n\t\t\t\t\t   tick_broadcast_device.evtdev = dev;\n\n  tick_broadcast_set_event(bc, next_event); <- FAIL: arms a detached device.\n\nIf the original broadcast device has a restricted interrupt affinity mask\nand the last CPU in that mask goes offline then the BUG() in\ntick_cleanup_dead_cpu() triggers because the clockevent device is not in\ndetached state.\n\nThe reason for this is that tick_install_broadcast_device() is not\nserialized vs. tick broadcast operations.\n\nThe obvious cure is to serialize tick_install_broadcast_device() with\ntick_broadcast_lock against a concurrent tick broadcast operation.\n\nThat requires to split clockevents_exchange_device() into two parts, one\nwhich does the exchange, shutdown and detach operation and the other which\ndrops the module reference count. This is required because the module\nreference cannot be dropped while holding tick_broadcast_lock.\n\nLet clockevents_exchange_device() do both operations as before, but let the\nbroadcast device code take the two step approach and do the device\nexchange under tick_broadcast_lock and drop the module reference count\nafter releasing it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/113a9796effe3376d2ec5aabcca1fef4fef4cd62","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/292b7a8ed84032cfdfc9076a690360f7d3f640d4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338d6859cd1580617807290f6d7e92b1662d4695","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3525b94b2f258e0b99d1ee5a82a80b51bc1cc818","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da55616db2b6b7d9caa3b7ff1e8983224e0ed52"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97925","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10496,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}