# CVE-2024-50178: cpufreq: loongson3: Use raw\_smp\_processor\_id() in do\_service\_request()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: loongson3: Use raw_smp_processor_id() in do_service_request() Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of plain smp_processor_id() in do_service_request(), otherwise we may get some errors with the driver enabled: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: (udev-worker)/208 caller is loongson3_cpufreq_probe+0x5c/0x250 [loongson3_cpufreq]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f78e4a6d2702ac03c2bf2ed3a0e344e1fa9f967
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b7ec33e534f7a10033a5cf07794acf48b182bbe

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