arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.246, 5.15.196, 6.1.158, 6.6.115, 6.12.56, 6.17.6, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40346
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3qw8-vgp2-684r
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64da320252e43456cc9ec3055ff567f168467b37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02fbea0864fd4a863671f5d418129258d7159f68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a77f8434954cb1e9c42c3854e40855fdcf5ab235
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3373f263bb647fcc3b5237cfaef757633b9ee25e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45379303124487db3a81219af7565d41f498167f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a01b2614e84361aa222f67bc628593987e5cdb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eead19334516c8e9927c11b448fbe512b1f18a1
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40346 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40346 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3qw8-vgp2-684r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40346 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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