# cpufreq: initialize policy rwsem before sysfs publication

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97904`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97904`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before c9d8435814f2ac533c40fe3f35d94235bc3a9443` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 82a54923700da5de83ce2b26c0b43f6b5005c8f1` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before b14987a0f73777644099f47f01aba3b0f9dc6c27` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before b22193eea2ce32c39dda5e09f9c2be2f3fd7eb4a` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before dc11263cb05ed519758fd135fe08d611bad1f241` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 27c9b491bf7604e83b50c3bbfa18a30266ff345f` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 2cee937f779f69b195b37bbec1e888da9bfe9d58` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 3e5d1bf4bd687beb2cb4e32a07af695455925588` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.2`
  - unaffected: `before 4.2` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97904](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97904)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97904](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97904)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d8435814f2ac533c40fe3f35d94235bc3a9443>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a54923700da5de83ce2b26c0b43f6b5005c8f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14987a0f73777644099f47f01aba3b0f9dc6c27>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b22193eea2ce32c39dda5e09f9c2be2f3fd7eb4a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc11263cb05ed519758fd135fe08d611bad1f241>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c9b491bf7604e83b50c3bbfa18a30266ff345f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cee937f779f69b195b37bbec1e888da9bfe9d58>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e5d1bf4bd687beb2cb4e32a07af695455925588>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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