In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure
If of_genpd_add_provider_onecell() fails during probe, the previously
created generic power domains are not removed, leading to a memory leak
and potential kernel crash later in genpd_debug_add().
Add proper error handling to unwind the initialized domains before
returning from probe to ensure all resources are correctly released on
failure.
Example crash trace observed without this fix:
| Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffc70
| CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1 #405 PREEMPT
| Hardware name: ARM LTD ARM Juno Development Platform/ARM Juno Development Platform
| pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
| pc : genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160
| lr : genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98
| Call trace:
| genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 (P)
| genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98
| do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x2d8
| do_initcall_level+0xa0/0x140
| do_initcalls+0x60/0xa8
| do_basic_setup+0x28/0x40
| kernel_init_freeable+0xe8/0x170
| kernel_init+0x2c/0x140
| ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure
If of_genpd_add_provider_onecell() fails during probe, the previously
created generic power domains are not removed, leading to a memory leak
and potential kernel crash later in genpd_debug_add().
Add proper error handling to unwind the initialized domains before
returning from probe to ensure all resources are correctly released on
failure.
Example crash trace observed without this fix:
| Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffc70
| CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1 #405 PREEMPT
| Hardware name: ARM LTD ARM Juno Development Platform/ARM Juno Development Platform
| pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
| pc : genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160
| lr : genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98
| Call trace:
| genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 (P)
| genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98
| do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x2d8
| do_initcall_level+0xa0/0x140
| do_initcalls+0x60/0xa8
| do_basic_setup+0x28/0x40
| kernel_init_freeable+0xe8/0x170
| kernel_init+0x2c/0x140
| ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure If of_genpd_add_provider_onecell() fails during probe, the previously created generic power domains are not removed, leading to a memory leak and potential kernel crash later in genpd_debug_add(). Add proper error handling to unwind the initialized domains before returning from probe to ensure all resources are correctly released on failure. Example crash trace observed without this fix: | Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffc70 | CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1 #405 PREEMPT | Hardware name: ARM LTD ARM Juno Development Platform/ARM Juno Development Platform | pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) | pc : genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 | lr : genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98 | Call trace: | genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 (P) | genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98 | do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x2d8 | do_initcall_level+0xa0/0x140 | do_initcalls+0x60/0xa8 | do_basic_setup+0x28/0x40 | kernel_init_freeable+0xe8/0x170 | kernel_init+0x2c/0x140 | ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 | |
| Title | pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-16T13:48:31.850Z
Reserved: 2025-12-16T13:41:40.255Z
Link: CVE-2025-68204
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-16T14:15:53.260
Modified: 2025-12-16T14:15:53.260
Link: CVE-2025-68204
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