CVE-2026-92492

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-92492
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-92492.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-92492
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:10:07Z
Modified
2026-09-19T03:47:26Z
Summary
cpufreq/amd-pstate: handle missing policy in dynamic EPP callbacks
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq/amd-pstate: handle missing policy in dynamic EPP callbacks

cpufreq_cpu_get() returns NULL when no cpufreq policy is associated with the requested CPU, for example because the CPU is offline or the policy has already been torn down. Both amd_pstate_power_supply_notifier() and amd_pstate_profile_set() acquire a policy via cpufreq_cpu_get() and then pass that pointer to amd_pstate_get_balanced_epp() and amd_pstate_set_epp(), which dereference it unconditionally. A racing CPU hotplug or driver teardown can therefore lead to a NULL pointer dereference on either of these dynamic EPP paths.

The third cpufreq_cpu_get() caller in this file, amd_pstate_verify(), already handles the NULL case. Bring the two new callers in line with that pattern: return NOTIFY_OK from the power-supply notifier (matching the other "nothing to do" exits) and -ENODEV from amd_pstate_profile_set() (the usual cpufreq error for a missing CPU policy).

Found by code inspection; not tested on hardware.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/92xxx/CVE-2026-92492.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
471d6659925aa0dcb4ab2520fa5ee3f49dfeab22
Fixed
70c8c8b50d80f681f50ddcc66a9400dd87508913
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e30ca6dd5345c5b8ba05f346a8e81105352fe571
Fixed
f4ade8d224756ab69f108204dde6777bac4664e4
Fixed
39c0cf62fc7851a17782e7efe8dfb2948739c681

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-92492.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.1.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-92492.json"