Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-64162
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
idpf: fix read_dev_clk_lock spinlock init in idpf_ptp_init()
In idpf_ptp_init(), read_dev_clk_lock is initialized after
ptp_schedule_worker() had already been called (and after
idpf_ptp_settime64() could reach the lock). The PTP aux worker
fires immediately upon scheduling and can call into
idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg_direct(), which takes
spin_lock(&ptp->read_dev_clk_lock) on an uninitialized lock, triggering
the lockdep "non-static key" warning:
[12973.796587] idpf 0000:83:00.0: Device HW Reset initiated
[12974.094507] INFO: trying to register non-static key.
...
[12974.097208] Call Trace:
[12974.097213] <TASK>
[12974.097218] dump_stack_lvl+0x93/0xe0
[12974.097234] register_lock_class+0x4c4/0x4e0
[12974.097249] ? __lock_acquire+0x427/0x2290
[12974.097259] __lock_acquire+0x98/0x2290
[12974.097272] lock_acquire+0xc6/0x310
[12974.097281] ? idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg+0xb7/0x150 [idpf]
[12974.097311] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xde/0x190
[12974.097318] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xd2/0x350
[12974.097330] ? __pfx_ptp_aux_kworker+0x10/0x10 [ptp]
[12974.097343] _raw_spin_lock+0x30/0x40
[12974.097353] ? idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg+0xb7/0x150 [idpf]
[12974.097373] idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg+0xb7/0x150 [idpf]
[12974.097391] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x88/0x3d0
[12974.097404] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x4e/0x3d0
[12974.097411] idpf_ptp_update_cached_phctime+0x26/0x120 [idpf]
[12974.097428] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x50
[12974.097436] idpf_ptp_do_aux_work+0x15/0x20 [idpf]
[12974.097454] ptp_aux_kworker+0x20/0x40 [ptp]
[12974.097464] kthread_worker_fn+0xd5/0x3d0
[12974.097474] ? __pfx_kthread_worker_fn+0x10/0x10
[12974.097482] kthread+0xf4/0x130
[12974.097489] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[12974.097498] ret_from_fork+0x32c/0x410
[12974.097512] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[12974.097519] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[12974.097540] </TASK>
Move the call to spin_lock_init() up a bit to make sure read_dev_clk_lock
is not touched before it's been initialized.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 27.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
Products affected by CVE-2026-64162
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.20
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.21
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.22
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.23
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.24
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.25
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.26
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.27
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.28
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.29
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.30
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.31
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.32
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.33
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1