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CVE-2026-45968

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.13%
Risk score
1.6
Published
2026-05-27
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpuidle: Skip governor when only one idle state is available On certain platforms (PowerNV systems without a power-mgt DT node), cpuidle may register only a single idle state. In cases where that single state is a polling state (state 0), the ladder governor may incorrectly treat state 1 as the first usable state and pass an out-of-bounds index. This can lead to a NULL enter callback being invoked, ultimately resulting in a system crash. [ 13.342636] cpuidle-powernv : Only Snooze is available [ 13.351854] Faulting instruction address: 0x00000000 [ 13.376489] NIP [0000000000000000] 0x0 [ 13.378351] LR [c000000001e01974] cpuidle_enter_state+0x2c4/0x668 Fix this by adding a bail-out in cpuidle_select() that returns state 0 directly when state_count <= 1, bypassing the governor and keeping the tick running. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's cpuidle subsystem. On certain PowerNV systems, when only a single idle state is available, the cpuidle ladder governor may incorrectly treat state 1 as usable. This can lead to an out-of-bounds index being passed, causing a NULL enter callback to be invoked and ultimately resulting in a system crash, leading to a denial of service.

Weaknesses

CWE-788

Coverage 4

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