CVE-2022-50473

cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add()

published October 4, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00156 · 4.4th percentile
Published
2025-10-04T15:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 15:16Z
    cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add()
    cvelistv5