{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-74405","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-15T05:44:03.892Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:59:14.719Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:46:47.595Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:46:47.595Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nOPP: Fix race between OPP addition and lookup\n\nA race exists between dev_pm_opp_add_dynamic() and\ndev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact():\n\n  CPU0 (add)                          CPU1 (lookup)\n  -------------------------------     ------------------------------\n  _opp_add()\n    mutex_lock()\n    list_add(&new_opp->node, head)\n    mutex_unlock()                    _opp_table_find_key()\n                                        mutex_lock()\n                                        dev_pm_opp_get(opp)\n                                          kref_get()\n                                        mutex_unlock()\n    kref_init(&new_opp->kref)\n                                      dev_pm_opp_put()\n                                        kref_put_mutex()\n\nThe newly added OPP is inserted into the list before its kref is\ninitialized. A concurrent lookup can find this OPP and increment its\nreference count while it is still uninitialized, leading to refcount\ncorruption and a potential premature free.\n\nFix this by initializing ->kref and ->opp_table before making the OPP\nvisible via list_add(). This ensures any concurrent lookup observes a\nfully initialized object.\n\n[ Viresh: Updated commit log ]"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The bug is in the kernel OPP DVFS core reached only from local cpufreq, devfreq, thermal, and GPU power-management paths (e.g. scmi-cpufreq, mtk-mfg, MSM Adreno) that call dev_pm_opp_add_dynamic() and dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact(); there is no network, adjacent-radio, or physical-device input into _opp_add().\nAC:L - The attacker can drive the lookup side with parallel CPU/GPU load or cpufreq scaling while the kernel concurrently inserts OPPs via _opp_add() during multi-CPU SCMI/GPU power-domain attach and boot cpufreq init; both race participants are attacker-influenceable timing on multi-core ARM/Android/embedded systems.\nPR:L - No init-namespace root is required to hammer dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact() through normal cpufreq, thermal, or GPU DVFS activity from an unprivileged local process; OPP registration runs automatically in kernel driver attach/probe paths without attacker credentials.\nUI:N - Exploitation does not require any victim action beyond the attacker (or kernel) driving DVFS activity; no mount, file open, or other interactive step is needed once the attacker runs concurrent workload or scaling pressure on the target system.\nS:U - Refcount corruption causes premature kfree() of a dev_pm_opp slab object still linked in the OPP table, enabling standard kernel memory corruption and privilege escalation within the same OS boundary rather than a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox escape.\nC:H - Uninitialized kref_get()/kref_init() races corrupt the OPP refcount and can free the structure while still listed; this use-after-free of kmalloc'd dev_pm_opp memory can expose adjacent heap contents and support arbitrary kernel read primitives.\nI:H - Premature free of dev_pm_opp while its list node remains reachable allows heap reuse and controlled writes through subsequent allocations, providing a standard path to corrupt kernel objects and achieve arbitrary code execution.\nA:H - Refcount corruption can trigger _opp_kref_release() to kfree() an OPP still referenced by concurrent lookups, causing kernel oops/panic from use-after-free or list corruption during ongoing DVFS operations."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/opp/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17","lessThan":"46696b0b2123475d7f95909435c09808fc5ffd23","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17","lessThan":"bb75bd7d9ae7672034f73ce67a57e6ac89bb39e5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7034764a1e4a6edbb60914e89aad8384e3fe5d17","lessThan":"f5e1cc9a284bff2510981643a5bca4bc4c21b81a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/opp/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.40"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46696b0b2123475d7f95909435c09808fc5ffd23"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb75bd7d9ae7672034f73ce67a57e6ac89bb39e5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5e1cc9a284bff2510981643a5bca4bc4c21b81a"}],"title":"OPP: Fix race between OPP addition and lookup","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}