In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
time/jiffies: Register jiffies clocksource before usage
Teddy reported that a XEN HVM has a long boot delay, which was bisected to the recent enhancements to the negative motion detection. It turned out that the jiffies clocksource is used in early boot before it is registered, which leaves the max_delta_raw field at zero. That causes the read out to be clamped to the max delta of 0, which means time is not making progress.
Cure it by ensuring that it is initialized before its first usage in timekeeping_init().
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.39-79.141Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.100-125.179Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18 | Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Aug 11, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gkeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0 | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
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