CVE-2022-50494

thermal: intel_powerclamp: Use get_cpu() instead of smp_processor_id() to avoid crash

published October 4, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thermal: intel_powerclamp: Use get_cpu() instead of smp_processor_id() to avoid crash

When CPU 0 is offline and intel_powerclamp is used to inject

idle, it generates kernel BUG:

BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: bash/15687

caller is debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20

CPU: 4 PID: 15687 Comm: bash Not tainted 5.19.0-rc7+ #57

Call Trace:

<TASK>

dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63

dump_stack+0x10/0x16

check_preemption_disabled+0xdd/0xe0

debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20

powerclamp_set_cur_state+0x7f/0xf9 [intel_powerclamp]

...

...

Here CPU 0 is the control CPU by default and changed to the current CPU,

if CPU 0 offlined. This check has to be performed under cpus_read_lock(),

hence the above warning.

Use get_cpu() instead of smp_processor_id() to avoid this BUG.

[ rjw: Subject edits ]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.7th percentile
Published
2025-10-04T15:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 15:43Z
    thermal: intel_powerclamp: Use get_cpu() instead of smp_processor_id() to avoid crash
    cvelistv5