CVE-2025-40194: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix object lifecycle issue in update_qos_request() The cpufreq_cpu_put() call in update_qos_request() takes place too early because the latter subsequently calls freq_qos_update_request() that indirectly accesses the policy object in question through the QoS request object passed to it. Fortunately, update_qos_request() is called under intel_pstate_driver_lock, so this issue does not matter for changing the intel_pstate operation mode, but it theoretically can cause a crash to occur on CPU device hot removal (which currently can only happen in virt, but it is formally supported nevertheless). Address this issue by modifying update_qos_request() to drop the reference to the policy later.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.4, before 5.4.301 (fixed in 5.4.301); from 5.5, before 5.10.246 (fixed in 5.10.246); from 5.11, before 5.15.195 (fixed in 5.15.195); from 5.16, before 6.1.157 (fixed in 6.1.157); from 6.2, before 6.6.113 (fixed in 6.6.113); from 6.7, before 6.12.54 (fixed in 6.12.54); …

Published 2025-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.