CVE-2026-64183: vulnerability in Linux
efi: Allocate runtime workqueue before ACPI init
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3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.1%
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.
Affected products
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c6da02e767152c9ac4330962247a5e47011035https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29cd94e678fcb3c4fd0f359deeac6d61334323fchttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6996e954ae830f5b793ba6cf449885ca519dbdd2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32a1fbe0f9a48453a552bb315cc4f1e7a74084ehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e871549f7894ad4114b3dd53f241aa25a268ba8b