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CVE-2025-38038

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CVE-2025-38038

Published: Jun 18, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f - < 61e931ee145eeab8196e585ff4334870b130b744
affected
ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f - < cd347d071713234586762d79c5a691785e9be418
affected
ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f - < db1cafc77aaaf871509da06f4a864e9af6d6791f

Linux

Linux

affected
5.17
unaffected
0 - < 5.17
unaffected
6.12.31 - <= 6.12.*
unaffected
6.14.9 - <= 6.14.*
unaffected
6.15 - <= *

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