CVE-2025-40346
Published: Dec 16, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() Fix incorrect use of PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() which causes the code to proceed with NULL clock pointers. The current logic uses !PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(cpu_clk) which evaluates to true for both valid pointers and NULL, leading to potential NULL pointer dereference in clk_get_rate(). Per include/linux/err.h documentation, PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ptr) returns: "The error code within @ptr if it is an error pointer; 0 otherwise." This means PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() returns 0 for both valid pointers AND NULL pointers. Therefore !PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(cpu_clk) evaluates to true (proceed) when cpu_clk is either valid or NULL, causing clk_get_rate(NULL) to be called when of_clk_get() returns NULL. Replace with !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cpu_clk) which only proceeds for valid pointers, preventing potential NULL pointer dereference in clk_get_rate().
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 - < 64da320252e43456cc9ec3055ff567f168467b37affected b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 - < 02fbea0864fd4a863671f5d418129258d7159f68affected b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 - < a77f8434954cb1e9c42c3854e40855fdcf5ab235affected b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 - < 3373f263bb647fcc3b5237cfaef757633b9ee25eaffected b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 - < 45379303124487db3a81219af7565d41f498167f+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.7unaffected 0 - < 5.7unaffected 5.10.246 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.196 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.158 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
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