Database/Control plane, storage & DevOps
Linux cpufreq/amd-pstate - unchecked cpufreq_cpu_get() return value: cpufreq_cpu_get() can return NULL and amd-pstate
CVE-2024-50009Control plane, storage & DevOpscurated
Impact
cpufreq_cpu_get() can return NULL and amd-pstate did not check it, giving a kernel NULL dereference and a host panic. Availability failure in always-running platform code.
Who can reach it
Local, on the amd-pstate path.
What to do
Distro kernel update plus reboot.
References
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