Bug 2484468 (CVE-2026-46257) - CVE-2026-46257 kernel: clocksource/drivers/timer-sp804: Fix an Oops when read_current_timer is called on ARM32 platforms where the SP804 is not registered as the sched_clock
Summary: CVE-2026-46257 kernel: clocksource/drivers/timer-sp804: Fix an Oops when read...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46257
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-03 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-03 19:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-03 18:02:55 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clocksource/drivers/timer-sp804: Fix an Oops when read_current_timer is called on ARM32 platforms where the SP804 is not registered as the sched_clock.

On SP804, the delay timer shares the same clkevt instance with
sched_clock. On some platforms, when
sp804_clocksource_and_sched_clock_init is called with use_sched_clock
not set to 1, sched_clkevt is not properly initialized. However,
sp804_register_delay_timer is invoked unconditionally, and
read_current_timer() subsequently calls sp804_read on an uninitialized
sched_clkevt, leading to a kernel Oops when accessing
sched_clkevt->value.

Declare a dedicated clkevt instance exclusively for delay timer,
instead of sharing the same clkevt with sched_clock.  This ensures
that read_current_timer continues to work correctly regardless of
whether SP804 is selected as the sched_clock.


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