5.5

CVE-2026-64183

efi: Allocate runtime workqueue before ACPI init

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

efi: Allocate runtime workqueue before ACPI init

Since commit

  5894cf571e14 ("acpi/prmt: Use EFI runtime sandbox to invoke PRM handlers")

ACPI PRM calls are delegated to a workqueue which runs in a kernel
thread, making it easier to detect and mitigate faulting memory accesses
performed by the firmware.

Rafael reports that such PRM accesses may occur before efisubsys_init()
executes, which is where the workqueue is allocated, leading to NULL
pointer dereferences. Since acpi_init() [which triggers the early PRM
accesses] executes as a subsys_initcall() as well, and has its own
dependencies that may be sensitive to initcall ordering, deferring
acpi_init() is not an option.

So instead, split off the workqueue allocation into its own postcore
initcall, as this is the only missing piece to allow EFI runtime calls
to be made. This ensures that EFI runtime call (including PRM calls) are
accessible to all code running at subsys_initcall() level.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.6 < 6.6.142
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.92
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.34
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.11
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.12% 0.021
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29cd94e678fcb3c4fd0f359deeac6d61334323fc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6996e954ae830f5b793ba6cf449885ca519dbdd2
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32a1fbe0f9a48453a552bb315cc4f1e7a74084e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e871549f7894ad4114b3dd53f241aa25a268ba8b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c6da02e767152c9ac4330962247a5e47011035
Patch