CVE-2025-40346

Unknown

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().

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 16, 2025
First seenDec 16, 2025

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux64da320252e43456cc9ec3055ff567f168467b37, 02fbea0864fd4a863671f5d418129258d7159f68, a77f8434954cb1e9c42c3854e40855fdcf5ab235, 3373f263bb647fcc3b5237cfaef757633b9ee25e, 45379303124487db3a81219af7565d41f498167f, 3a01b2614e84361aa222f67bc628593987e5cdb2, 2eead19334516c8e9927c11b448fbe512b1f18a1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxb8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < 64da320252e43456cc9ec3055ff567f168467b37, b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < 02fbea0864fd4a863671f5d418129258d7159f68, b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < a77f8434954cb1e9c42c3854e40855fdcf5ab235, b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < 3373f263bb647fcc3b5237cfaef757633b9ee25e, b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < 45379303124487db3a81219af7565d41f498167f, b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < 3a01b2614e84361aa222f67bc628593987e5cdb2, b8fe128dad8f97cc9af7c55a264d1fc5ab677195 ≤ v < 2eead19334516c8e9927c11b448fbe512b1f18a1, 5.764da320252e43456cc9ec3055ff567f168467b37, 02fbea0864fd4a863671f5d418129258d7159f68, a77f8434954cb1e9c42c3854e40855fdcf5ab235, 3373f263bb647fcc3b5237cfaef757633b9ee25e, 45379303124487db3a81219af7565d41f498167f, 3a01b2614e84361aa222f67bc628593987e5cdb2, 2eead19334516c8e9927c11b448fbe512b1f18a1

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