Bug 2536293 (CVE-2026-93145)

Summary: CVE-2026-93145 kernel: clk: qcom: gdsc: tear down per-domain genpds in gdsc_unregister()
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Qualcomm (QCOM) Generic Power Domain Controller (GDSC) driver. When a GDSC provider is unregistered, the driver fails to properly remove generic power domain entries from a global list. This oversight can lead to dangling entries, causing subsequent attempts to re-register a power domain with the same name to fail. A local attacker could potentially trigger a provider unbind/rebind cycle, leading to a denial of service for affected power domains.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:16:42 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clk: qcom: gdsc: tear down per-domain genpds in gdsc_unregister()

gdsc_unregister() removes the OF provider entry and tears down the
parent/subdomain wiring, but never calls pm_genpd_remove() on the
individual generic_pm_domain structures registered by gdsc_init():

	void gdsc_unregister(struct gdsc_desc *desc)
	{
		struct device *dev = desc->dev;
		size_t num = desc->num;

		gdsc_pm_subdomain_remove(desc, num);
		of_genpd_del_provider(dev->of_node);
	}

That leaves dangling entries on the global gpd_list. After a provider
unbind/rebind cycle (deferred-probe replay during early boot, real
module unload of a clk driver that owns GDSCs, or an OF-overlay tear-
down) the next gdsc_init() will end up trying to re-register a name
that is still in the list and pm_genpd_init() returns -EEXIST.

While we are here, flip the order so the consumer-facing OF provider
entry is the first thing removed -- otherwise a fresh
of_genpd_get_from_provider() call racing with the teardown could
attach to a domain that is mid-removal.

Iterate the scs[] array and pm_genpd_remove() each registered domain
after the subdomain links are torn down. The regulators stay devm-
managed (devm_regulator_get_optional() in gdsc_register()), so the
release happens automatically when the underlying device is unbound;
just the genpd accounting needs to be undone explicitly.