# cpufreq: zero-initialize policy cpumask before sysfs publication

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97905`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97905`
- **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 e13370c5b549712f49f80234df249303381c53b4` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before e807920031ca32b668f9e7a1efbd21858f03d64b` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before ca52482508b3ac9febe74ca4f732647d394727b8` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 06f273d29e5e0fe5c775a65c563fbeed8cd94c7a` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 0de2f3918fbbbb767e7e716178194b66560dd12a` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 6e166b9281dec98aed19213a84235250e5fdb081` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before bbc0472d2270bf732142ca71579d6ede636174ed` (git)
  - affected: `2fc3384dc75bf7333384c7a16d12c796f61c3f56 to before 54d37bcf2f497140b9207968557ddb484058e749` (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-2026-97905](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97905)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97905](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97905)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e13370c5b549712f49f80234df249303381c53b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e807920031ca32b668f9e7a1efbd21858f03d64b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca52482508b3ac9febe74ca4f732647d394727b8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06f273d29e5e0fe5c775a65c563fbeed8cd94c7a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de2f3918fbbbb767e7e716178194b66560dd12a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e166b9281dec98aed19213a84235250e5fdb081>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc0472d2270bf732142ca71579d6ede636174ed>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d37bcf2f497140b9207968557ddb484058e749>

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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