CVE-2026-90364 json
ACPI: processor: Unregister cpufreq notifier on init failure
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-82025
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: Unregister cpufreq notifier on init failure
acpi_processor_driver_init() registers the cpufreq policy notifier before registering the ACPI processor driver and setting up CPU hotplug state.
If driver_register() or cpuhp_setup_state() fails, the error path only unregisters the ACPI processor driver and the idle driver. The cpufreq notifier remains registered even though initialization failed.
Mirror the module exit path on the init failure path and unregister the cpufreq notifier when it has been registered.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90364
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90364
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-102984
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccee0785030978c49505e04954eee3f30a5f01ca commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f3036c5de8b651880f323e223b1604b6cfbff21 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64976f3b34b07eb866ead4052cefe7e9ff45fd2f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/182cd086b31ea4ccc1d8f2ec5b81e988dfe0b892 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/06f32dd67e6b23a05bef0d8183c5335af91c0c3b commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-90364 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: ACPI: processor: Unregister cpufreq notifier on init failure
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-selftests-internal Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8not affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ccee0785030978c49505e04954eee3f30a5f01ca
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8f3036c5de8b651880f323e223b1604b6cfbff21
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/64976f3b34b07eb866ead4052cefe7e9ff45fd2f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/182cd086b31ea4ccc1d8f2ec5b81e988dfe0b892
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/06f32dd67e6b23a05bef0d8183c5335af91c0c3b
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90364
- NVD CVE-2026-90364
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