CVE-2026-31574
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clockevents: Add missing resets of the next_event_forced flag
The prevention mechanism against timer interrupt starvation missed to reset the next_event_forced flag in a couple of places:
- When the clock event state changes. That can cause the flag to be stale over a shutdown/startup sequence
- When a non-forced event is armed, which then prevents rearming before that event. If that event is far out in the future this will cause missed timer interrupts.
- In the suspend wakeup handler.
That led to stalls which have been reported by several people.
Add the missing resets, which fixes the problems for the reporters.
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Affected products
11- osv-coords9 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melangepkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rcpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 6.18.24-r0+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.25-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0_rc5-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.3-1.1
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