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CVE-2025-40163 (GCVE-0-2025-40163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-12 10:26 – Updated: 2026-06-01 16:05
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Title
sched/deadline: Stop dl_server before CPU goes offline
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/deadline: Stop dl_server before CPU goes offline IBM CI tool reported kernel warning[1] when running a CPU removal operation through drmgr[2]. i.e "drmgr -c cpu -r -q 1" WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:219 cpudl_set+0x58/0x170 NIP [c0000000002b6ed8] cpudl_set+0x58/0x170 LR [c0000000002b7cb8] dl_server_timer+0x168/0x2a0 Call Trace: [c000000002c2f8c0] init_stack+0x78c0/0x8000 (unreliable) [c0000000002b7cb8] dl_server_timer+0x168/0x2a0 [c00000000034df84] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1a4/0x390 [c00000000034f624] hrtimer_interrupt+0x124/0x300 [c00000000002a230] timer_interrupt+0x140/0x320 Git bisects to: commit 4ae8d9aa9f9d ("sched/deadline: Fix dl_server getting stuck") This happens since: - dl_server hrtimer gets enqueued close to cpu offline, when kthread_park enqueues a fair task. - CPU goes offline and drmgr removes it from cpu_present_mask. - hrtimer fires and warning is hit. Fix it by stopping the dl_server before CPU is marked dead. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8218e149-7718-4432-9312-f97297c352b9@linux.ibm.com/ [2]: https://github.com/ibm-power-utilities/powerpc-utils/tree/next/src/drmgr [sshegde: wrote the changelog and tested it]
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 030167dcadf50a9f9dac4de6fa4c34f4f7afeed7 , < d7fd56ed5e07e053a5eea6112d61fcaded653b87 (git)
Affected: 4ae8d9aa9f9dc7137ea5e564d79c5aa5af1bc45c , < ab6c0f158508bb16d483add70b73a73f95651c33 (git)
Affected: 4ae8d9aa9f9dc7137ea5e564d79c5aa5af1bc45c , < ee6e44dfe6e50b4a5df853d933a96bdff5309e6e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17.5 , ≤ 6.17.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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