Bug 2536170 (CVE-2026-92493) - CVE-2026-92493 kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate-ut: Skip tests when amd-pstate driver is not active
Summary: CVE-2026-92493 kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate-ut: Skip tests when amd-pstate dri...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-92493
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-09-17 16:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-06 14:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 16:41:09 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: amd-pstate-ut: Skip tests when amd-pstate driver is not active

The crash issue may occur when modprobe amd_pstate_ut on intel platform.

   amd_pstate_ut: 1    amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid  success!
   amd_pstate_ut: 2    amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled   success!
   BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080
   #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
   #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
   PGD 0 P4D 0
   Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
   CPU: 0 PID: 20300 Comm: modprobe
   Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O 6.6.0-0010.rc1.ctl4.x86_64 #1
   Hardware name: FiberHome R2200 V5/Xeon Boards, BIOS 3.1a 02/24/2020
   RIP: 0010:amd_pstate_ut_check_perf+0x141/0x280 [amd_pstate_ut]
   Call Trace:
    <TASK>
    amd_pstate_ut_init+0x1b/0xff0 [amd_pstate_ut]
    ? __pfx_amd_pstate_ut_init+0x10/0x10 [amd_pstate_ut]
    do_one_initcall+0x42/0x2e0
    ? kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x90
    do_init_module+0x60/0x240
    __se_sys_init_module+0x185/0x1c0
    do_syscall_64+0x62/0x190
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
    </TASK>

Add state detection to amd pstate driver to prevent amd_pstate_ut driver
from testing on non-AMD platforms.

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