CVE-2026-64162Critical· 9.8▾ Midnight

idpf: fix read_dev_clk_lock spinlock init in idpf_ptp_init()

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 (…

▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild

Depth score54/ 100 · Moderate

impact 53.9 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0

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Published

Jul 19, 2026

Updated

Oct 19, 2026

CVSS

9.8

Vendor

Linux

Product

Linux

CWE

—

Depth score

54 · Moderate

EPSS

0.43% · p38

Platforms

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Source

CVEORG

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

decided 2026-10-16

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the assigning CNA record, not NVD.

EPSS history

Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 16.

0.3% → 0.4%▲ 0.09%

Timeline

Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.

4 events · 99 days

Jul 19, 2026Published
Disclosed via CVEORG
Oct 16, 2026EPSS first tracked
0.3%
Oct 19, 2026Record revised
Last analysed / modified upstream
Oct 26, 2026EPSS peak
0.3% → 0.4%

Linux #cve.org

Affected

Linux >= 5cb8805d2366b20ee4d7afff586d8acf17649330 < eb5991d4c8ba2e8153dfcda3e66a9608377b7dce
Linux >= 5cb8805d2366b20ee4d7afff586d8acf17649330 < 3122d70b7c0101d897fb795658a7b93f854935f2
Linux >= 5cb8805d2366b20ee4d7afff586d8acf17649330 < da4f76b6a84ede14a71282ef841768299ead0221
Linux 6.16

Full technical detail▾

Overview

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.

Affected

Linux >= 5cb8805d2366b20ee4d7afff586d8acf17649330 < eb5991d4c8ba2e8153dfcda3e66a9608377b7dce
Linux >= 5cb8805d2366b20ee4d7afff586d8acf17649330 < 3122d70b7c0101d897fb795658a7b93f854935f2
Linux >= 5cb8805d2366b20ee4d7afff586d8acf17649330 < da4f76b6a84ede14a71282ef841768299ead0221
Linux 6.16

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

References

Related vulnerabilities

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idpf: fix read_dev_clk_lock spinlock init in idpf_ptp_init()

▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild

Depth score54/ 100 · Moderate

impact 53.9 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0

Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: fix read_dev_clk_lock spinlock init in idpf_ptp_init()

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.