tick/broadcast: Plug clockevents replacement race
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: 6 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: tick/broadcast: Plug clockevents replacement race 朱恺乾 reported and decoded the following race condition when a broadcast device is replaced: CPUA CPUB __tick_broadcast_oneshot_control() bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev; tick_install_broadcast_device(dev) clockevents_exchange_device(cur, dev) shutdown(cur); detach(cur); cur->handler = noop; tick_broadcast_device.evtdev = dev; tick_broadcast_set_event(bc, next_event); <- FAIL: arms a detached device. If the original broadcast device has a restricted interrupt affinity mask and the last CPU in that mask goes offline then the BUG() in tick_cleanup_dead_cpu() triggers because the clockevent device is not in detached state. The reason for this is that tick_install_broadcast_device() is not serialized vs. tick broadcast operations. The obvious cure is to serialize tick_install_broadcast_device() with tick_broadcast_lock against a concurrent tick broadcast operation. That requires to split clockevents_exchange_device() into two parts, one which does the exchange, shutdown and detach operation and the other which drops the module reference count. This is required because the module reference cannot be dropped while holding tick_broadcast_lock. Let clockevents_exchange_device() do both operations as before, but let the broadcast device code take the two step approach and do the device exchange under tick_broadcast_lock and drop the module reference count after releasing it.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.21 and later | 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.21 and later Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97925
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-frpq-r7pw-xq84
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@338d6859cd1580617807290f6d7e92b1662d4695, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@9fa1fb4a876e10cc17182ce339625ec4d4b75f20 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa1fb4a876e10cc17182ce339625ec4d4b75f20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc988724973b7f50d5dd05637f1e9ef4f009afd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338d6859cd1580617807290f6d7e92b1662d4695
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/757aa9f548c18b96da1d56d11f65be8188a16d59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da55616db2b6b7d9caa3b7ff1e8983224e0ed52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3525b94b2f258e0b99d1ee5a82a80b51bc1cc818
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/292b7a8ed84032cfdfc9076a690360f7d3f640d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/113a9796effe3376d2ec5aabcca1fef4fef4cd62
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97925 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97925 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-frpq-r7pw-xq84 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97925 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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