{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74405", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.892Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:59:14.719Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:46:47.595Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:46:47.595Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nOPP: Fix race between OPP addition and lookup\n\nA race exists between dev_pm_opp_add_dynamic() and\ndev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact():\n\n CPU0 (add) CPU1 (lookup)\n ------------------------------- ------------------------------\n _opp_add()\n mutex_lock()\n list_add(&new_opp->node, head)\n mutex_unlock() _opp_table_find_key()\n mutex_lock()\n dev_pm_opp_get(opp)\n kref_get()\n mutex_unlock()\n kref_init(&new_opp->kref)\n dev_pm_opp_put()\n kref_put_mutex()\n\nThe newly added OPP is inserted into the list before its kref is\ninitialized. A concurrent lookup can find this OPP and increment its\nreference count while it is still uninitialized, leading to refcount\ncorruption and a potential premature free.\n\nFix this by initializing ->kref and ->opp_table before making the OPP\nvisible via list_add(). This ensures any concurrent lookup observes a\nfully initialized object.\n\n[ Viresh: Updated commit log ]" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is in the kernel OPP DVFS core reached only from local cpufreq, devfreq, thermal, and GPU power-management paths (e.g. scmi-cpufreq, mtk-mfg, MSM Adreno) that call dev_pm_opp_add_dynamic() and dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact(); there is no network, adjacent-radio, or physical-device input into _opp_add().\nAC:L - The attacker can drive the lookup side with parallel CPU/GPU load or cpufreq scaling while the kernel concurrently inserts OPPs via _opp_add() during multi-CPU SCMI/GPU power-domain attach and boot cpufreq init; both race participants are attacker-influenceable timing on multi-core ARM/Android/embedded systems.\nPR:L - No init-namespace root is required to hammer dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact() through normal cpufreq, thermal, or GPU DVFS activity from an unprivileged local process; OPP registration runs automatically in kernel driver attach/probe paths without attacker credentials.\nUI:N - Exploitation does not require any victim action beyond the attacker (or kernel) driving DVFS activity; no mount, file open, or other interactive step is needed once the attacker runs concurrent workload or scaling pressure on the target system.\nS:U - Refcount corruption causes premature kfree() of a dev_pm_opp slab object still linked in the OPP table, enabling standard kernel memory corruption and privilege escalation within the same OS boundary rather than a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox escape.\nC:H - Uninitialized kref_get()/kref_init() races corrupt the OPP refcount and can free the structure while still listed; this use-after-free of kmalloc'd dev_pm_opp memory can expose adjacent heap contents and support arbitrary kernel read primitives.\nI:H - Premature free of dev_pm_opp while its list node remains reachable allows heap reuse and controlled writes through subsequent allocations, providing a standard path to corrupt kernel objects and achieve arbitrary code execution.\nA:H - Refcount corruption can trigger _opp_kref_release() to kfree() an OPP still referenced by concurrent lookups, causing kernel oops/panic from use-after-free or list corruption during ongoing DVFS operations." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/opp/core.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17", "lessThan": "46696b0b2123475d7f95909435c09808fc5ffd23", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17", "lessThan": "bb75bd7d9ae7672034f73ce67a57e6ac89bb39e5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17", "lessThan": "f5e1cc9a284bff2510981643a5bca4bc4c21b81a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/opp/core.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.11", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46696b0b2123475d7f95909435c09808fc5ffd23" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb75bd7d9ae7672034f73ce67a57e6ac89bb39e5" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5e1cc9a284bff2510981643a5bca4bc4c21b81a" } ], "title": "OPP: Fix race between OPP addition and lookup", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }