In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: qcom: ipq8074: dont disable gcc_sleep_clk_src
Once the usb sleep clocks are disabled, clock framework is trying to
disable the sleep clock source also.
However, it seems that it cannot be disabled and trying to do so produces:
[ 245.436390] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 245.441233] gcc_sleep_clk_src status stuck at 'on'
[ 245.441254] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 223 at clk_branch_wait+0x130/0x140
[ 245.450435] Modules linked in: xhci_plat_hcd xhci_hcd dwc3 dwc3_qcom leds_gpio
[ 245.456601] CPU: 2 PID: 223 Comm: sh Not tainted 5.18.0-rc4 #215
[ 245.463889] Hardware name: Xiaomi AX9000 (DT)
[ 245.470050] pstate: 204000c5 (nzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 245.474307] pc : clk_branch_wait+0x130/0x140
[ 245.481073] lr : clk_branch_wait+0x130/0x140
[ 245.485588] sp : ffffffc009f2bad0
[ 245.489838] x29: ffffffc009f2bad0 x28: ffffff8003e6c800 x27: 0000000000000000
[ 245.493057] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffff800226ef20
[ 245.500175] x23: ffffffc0089ff550 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffffffc008476ad0
[ 245.507294] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffffc00965ac70 x18: fffffffffffc51a7
[ 245.514413] x17: 68702e3030303837 x16: 3a6d726f6674616c x15: ffffffc089f2b777
[ 245.521531] x14: ffffffc0095c9d18 x13: 0000000000000129 x12: 0000000000000129
[ 245.528649] x11: 00000000ffffffea x10: ffffffc009621d18 x9 : 0000000000000001
[ 245.535767] x8 : 0000000000000001 x7 : 0000000000017fe8 x6 : 0000000000000001
[ 245.542885] x5 : ffffff803fdca6d8 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000027
[ 245.550002] x2 : 0000000000000027 x1 : 0000000000000023 x0 : 0000000000000026
[ 245.557122] Call trace:
[ 245.564229] clk_branch_wait+0x130/0x140
[ 245.566490] clk_branch2_disable+0x2c/0x40
[ 245.570656] clk_core_disable+0x60/0xb0
[ 245.574561] clk_core_disable+0x68/0xb0
[ 245.578293] clk_disable+0x30/0x50
[ 245.582113] dwc3_qcom_remove+0x60/0xc0 [dwc3_qcom]
[ 245.585588] platform_remove+0x28/0x60
[ 245.590361] device_remove+0x4c/0x80
[ 245.594179] device_release_driver_internal+0x1dc/0x230
[ 245.597914] device_driver_detach+0x18/0x30
[ 245.602861] unbind_store+0xec/0x110
[ 245.607027] drv_attr_store+0x24/0x40
[ 245.610847] sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x60
[ 245.614405] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x128/0x1c0
[ 245.618052] new_sync_write+0xc0/0x130
[ 245.622391] vfs_write+0x1d4/0x2a0
[ 245.626123] ksys_write+0x58/0xe0
[ 245.629508] __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x30
[ 245.632895] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x5c/0x110
[ 245.636890] do_el0_svc+0xa0/0x150
[ 245.641488] el0_svc+0x18/0x60
[ 245.644872] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x130
[ 245.647914] el0t_64_sync+0x174/0x178
[ 245.652340] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
So, add CLK_IS_CRITICAL flag to the clock so that the kernel won't try
to disable the sleep clock.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it