Bug 2373356 (CVE-2025-38038) - CVE-2025-38038 kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost
Summary: CVE-2025-38038 kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38038
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-06-18 10:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-20 19:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 10:03:19 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-20 19:05:54 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061827-CVE-2025-38038-797b@gregkh/T


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