CVE-2025-38038

Published: June 21, 2025Last modified: June 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost set_boost is a per-policy function call, hence a driver wide lock is unnecessary. Also this mutex_acquire can collide with the mutex_acquire from the mode-switch path in status_store(), which can lead to a deadlock. So, remove it.

Status

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e931ee145eeab8196e585ff4334870b130b744
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd347d071713234586762d79c5a691785e9be418
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db1cafc77aaaf871509da06f4a864e9af6d6791f