From 54d37bcf2f497140b9207968557ddb484058e749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zhongqiu Han Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 22:36:35 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: zero-initialize policy cpumask before sysfs publication cpufreq_policy_alloc() allocates policy->cpus with alloc_cpumask_var(), i.e. without __GFP_ZERO, unlike the sibling related_cpus and real_cpus masks. With CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y the mask is a separate kmalloc_node() allocation, so its bitmap holds whatever the slab allocator left behind: cpufreq_online() cpufreq_policy_alloc() alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus) /* bitmap is uninitialized */ kobject_init_and_add() /* policy%u/ appears in sysfs */ cpufreq_policy_online() cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpumask_of(cpu)) /* first valid value */ This leaves a window in which the sysfs attributes are already reachable while policy->cpus is still garbage. show()/store() gate on policy_is_inactive(), i.e. cpumask_empty(policy->cpus), so a non-zero bitmap makes them run the attribute callbacks on a policy that is not initialized yet. Fix this by using zalloc_cpumask_var() for policy->cpus. Fixes: 2fc3384dc75b ("cpufreq: Initialize policy->kobj while allocating policy") Cc: All applicable Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han Acked-by: Viresh Kumar Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260901143635.4106960-1-zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index 9efbf5b1781a..96515880b4ac 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu) if (!policy) return NULL; - if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL)) + if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL)) goto err_free_policy; if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))