published December 16, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: add sysfs_attr_init() to count_clock init
The lock-related debug logic (CONFIG_LOCK_STAT) in the kernel is noting
the following warning when the BlueField-3 SOC is booted:
BUG: key ffff00008a3402a8 has not been registered!
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DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1)
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 592 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4801 lockdep_init_map_type+0x1d4/0x2a0
<snip>
Call trace:
lockdep_init_map_type+0x1d4/0x2a0
__kernfs_create_file+0x84/0x140
sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0xcc/0x1cc
internal_create_group+0x110/0x3d4
internal_create_groups.part.0+0x54/0xcc
sysfs_create_groups+0x24/0x40
device_add+0x6e8/0x93c
device_register+0x28/0x40
__hwmon_device_register+0x4b0/0x8a0
devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups+0x7c/0xe0
mlxbf_pmc_probe+0x1e8/0x3e0 [mlxbf_pmc]
platform_probe+0x70/0x110
The mlxbf_pmc driver must call sysfs_attr_init() during the
initialization of the "count_clock" data structure to avoid
this warning.