CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-46292

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the PM domain (genpd) framework is missing a pm_runtime_disable() call when detaching virtual devices. This leaves runtime PM enabled for those devices, potentially causing critical errors like NULL pointer dereference or unnecessary performance state votes.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can lead to system crashes (kernel panic) or improper power management, increasing the risk of instability and potentially higher power consumption.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update that adds the missing pm_runtime_disable() call in genpd_dev_pm_detach().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pmdomain: core: Fix detach procedure for virtual devices in genpd If a device is attached to a PM domain through genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id(), genpd calls pm_runtime_enable() for the corresponding virtual device that it registers. While this avoids boilerplate code in drivers, there is no corresponding call to pm_runtime_disable() in genpd_dev_pm_detach(). This means these virtual devices are typically detached from its genpd, while runtime PM remains enabled for them, which is not how things are designed to work. In worst cases it may lead to critical errors, like a NULL pointer dereference bug in genpd_runtime_suspend(), which was recently reported. For another case, we may end up keeping an unnecessary vote for a performance state for the device. To fix these problems, let's add this missing call to pm_runtime_disable() in genpd_dev_pm_detach().

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