In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add()
In cpufreq_policy_alloc(), it will call uninitialed completion in
cpufreq_sysfs_release() when kobject_init_and_add() fails. And
that will cause a crash such as the following page fault in complete:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8
[..]
RIP: 0010:complete+0x98/0x1f0
[..]
Call Trace:
kobject_put+0x1be/0x4c0
cpufreq_online.cold+0xee/0x1fd
cpufreq_add_dev+0x183/0x1e0
subsys_interface_register+0x3f5/0x4e0
cpufreq_register_driver+0x3b7/0x670
acpi_cpufreq_init+0x56c/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq]
do_one_initcall+0x13d/0x780
do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630
load_module+0x6e67/0x73b0
__do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
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History
Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add() In cpufreq_policy_alloc(), it will call uninitialed completion in cpufreq_sysfs_release() when kobject_init_and_add() fails. And that will cause a crash such as the following page fault in complete: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8 [..] RIP: 0010:complete+0x98/0x1f0 [..] Call Trace: kobject_put+0x1be/0x4c0 cpufreq_online.cold+0xee/0x1fd cpufreq_add_dev+0x183/0x1e0 subsys_interface_register+0x3f5/0x4e0 cpufreq_register_driver+0x3b7/0x670 acpi_cpufreq_init+0x56c/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq] do_one_initcall+0x13d/0x780 do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630 load_module+0x6e67/0x73b0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd | |
Title | cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-04T15:16:34.859Z
Reserved: 2025-10-04T15:13:33.467Z
Link: CVE-2022-50473

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Status : Received
Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:43.793
Modified: 2025-10-04T16:15:43.793
Link: CVE-2022-50473

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