CVE-2026-45968

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's cpuidle subsystem. On certain PowerNV systems, when only a single idle state is available, the cpuidle ladder governor may incorrectly treat state 1 as usable. This can lead to an out-of-bounds index being passed, causing a NULL enter callback to be invoked...

CVE-2026-45968: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpuidle: Skip governor when only one idle state is available On certain platforms PowerNV systems without a power-mgt DT node, cpuidle may register only a single idle state. In cases where that single state is a polling state sta...