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CVE-2026-68092

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, time/jiffies has an issue with registering the jiffies clocksource before usage. Using it before registration leaves max_delta_raw at zero, causing time not to progress, leading to long boot delays in XEN HVM systems.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to significant boot delays, which may be problematic for service availability.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that ensures the jiffies clocksource is initialized before its first usage in timekeeping_init().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: time/jiffies: Register jiffies clocksource before usage Teddy reported that a XEN HVM has a long boot delay, which was bisected to the recent enhancements to the negative motion detection. It turned out that the jiffies clocksource is used in early boot before it is registered, which leaves the max_delta_raw field at zero. That causes the read out to be clamped to the max delta of 0, which means time is not making progress. Cure it by ensuring that it is initialized before its first usage in timekeeping_init().

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