CVE-2026-93113
NoneCVSS
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EPSS
0.2%
Published
Sep 17, 2026
CISA due date
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Cloudanix analysis
A clock-handling issue on certain Qualcomm chips can produce warning messages when the system tries to turn off unused hardware blocks.
- Exploitation
- Other
- Attacker needs
- None
- Complexity
- Theoretical
- Impact
- Other
- Component
- OS kernel
- Class
- Other
- Remediation
- Patch
- Effort
- Low
- Patch risk
- Low
What it actually does
The flaw leaves a GDSC power domain in an asserted-on state during unused clock shutdown in the camcc-sc8280xp driver after sync_state support was added to the clk and pmdomain subsystems, producing a kernel warning in gdsc_toggle_logic.
Why it matters to the business
Systems using the affected Qualcomm camera clock controller may emit repeated kernel warnings during boot or power-management events and experience incomplete clock-domain shutdown, increasing the chance of unexpected power or thermal behavior on embedded and mobile devices.
How an attack unfolds
An attacker with the ability to trigger kernel power-management paths (for example via crafted device suspend/resume sequences) can cause the gdsc_toggle_logic path to be exercised while the domain status remains stuck, resulting in the observable warning; no remote code execution or privilege escalation is demonstrated by the reported issue.
How to fix it
Update to a kernel containing the commit that unregisters CAMCC_GDSC_CLK on the sc8280xp camera clock controller; rebuild and deploy the updated kernel image on affected devices.
How to confirm the fix worked
Boot the patched kernel on sc8280xp hardware and confirm absence of the 'titan_top_gdsc status stuck at on' warning when unused clocks are disabled; inspect gdsc.c for the unregister call.
Typical attack path
- Trigger kernel power runtime workqueue on a system with camcc-sc8280xp loaded
- Allow unused clocks to be shut down after sync_state callbacks complete
- Observe gdsc_toggle_logic warning when titan_top_gdsc reports stuck-on status
How to detect it
Search kernel logs and dmesg for the exact warning string 'titan_top_gdsc status stuck at' and the gdsc_toggle_logic call trace; no persistent file or network artifacts are produced.
What your security team should do
- Prioritize kernel update on all sc8280xp-based devices within standard patch cadence
- Monitor kernel logs for the gdsc warning string during qualification testing
- Track upstream stable releases for backports of the camcc-sc8280xp fix
The record
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: camcc-sc8280xp: unregister CAMCC_GDSC_CLK With the introduction of sync_state support in the clk and pmdomain subsystems, the following warning happens when the unused clocks are shutdown in camcc-sc8280xp: [ 15.408367] titan_top_gdsc status stuck at 'on' [ 15.408429] WARNING: drivers/clk/qcom/gdsc.c:178 at gdsc_toggle_logic+0x14c/0x160, CPU#2: kworker/u32:1/14 [ 15.408462] Modules linked in: bnep vfat fat ath11k_pci(+) ath11k mac80211 cfg80211 mhi libarc4 snd_soc_wcd938x snd_soc_wcd938x_sdw snd_soc_wcd_classh hci_uart snd_soc_wcd_common snd_soc_sc8280xp soundwire_qcom snd_soc_wcd_mbhc snd_soc_qcom_sdw slimbus snd_soc_qcom_common regmap_sdw btqca btrtl qcom_camss soundwire_bus btbcm btintel snd_soc_sdca snd_soc_lpass_wsa_macro bluetooth snd_soc_lpass_tx_macro snd_soc_lpass_va_macro snd_soc_lpass_rx_macro snd_soc_hdmi_codec snd_soc_lpass_macro_common videobuf2_dma_sg ov5675 v4l2_fwnode videobuf2_memops qcom_spmi_adc5 snd_soc_core qcom_spmi_adc_tm5 videobuf2_v4l2 snd_seq snd_seq_device videobuf2_common v4l2_async qcom_vadc_common qcom_spmi_temp_alarm pm8941_pwrkey industrialio videodev snd_compress rfkill ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine qcom_tsens mc qcom_edac snd_pcm pci_pwrctrl_pwrseq qcom_cpufreq_hw snd_timer snd qcomtee soundcore tee leds_gpio joydev binfmt_misc zram lz4hc_compress governor_simpleondemand panel_edp msm xhci_plat_hcd nvme nvme_core dwc3 qcom_pm8008_regulator [ 15.408688] ucsi_glink nvme_keyring nvme_auth pmic_glink_altmode udc_core typec_ucsi aux_hpd_bridge qcom_battmgr ulpi ubwc_config socinfo ocmem drm_gpuvm qcom_q6v5_pas drm_exec qcom_pil_info leds_qcom_lpg gpu_sched led_class_multicolor rtc_pm8xxx qcom_pbs qcom_common drm_display_helper qcom_pon qcom_glink_smem qcom_glink ghash_ce pwrseq_qcom_wcn gpio_sbu_mux qcom_stats phy_qcom_qmp_combo qcom_q6v5 gf128mul cec dispcc_sc8280xp phy_qcom_edp camcc_sc8280xp i2c_qcom_cci qcom_sysmon drm_dp_aux_bus mdt_loader aux_bridge qcom_pm8008 i2c_hid_of_elan dwc3_qcom_legacy llcc_qcom icc_bwmon gpi typec qcom_refgen_regulator phy_qcom_qmp_usb nvmem_qfprom qcom_ipcc phy_qcom_snps_femto_v2 gpucc_sc8280xp pinctrl_sc8280xp_lpass_lpi qcom_hwspinlock pinctrl_lpass_lpi lpasscc_sc8280xp qrtr qcom_aoss pmic_glink pdr_interface phy_qcom_qmp_pcie qcom_smd qcom_pdr_msg icc_osm_l3 qcom_wdt qmi_helpers qcom_rng smp2p rpmsg_core gpio_keys pwm_bl smem hid_multitouch fuse i2c_dev [ 15.408928] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 14 Comm: kworker/u32:1 Not tainted 7.1.0+ #2 PREEMPT(lazy) [ 15.408937] Hardware name: LENOVO 21BX0016US/21BX0016US, BIOS N3HET88W (1.60 ) 03/14/2024 [ 15.408942] Workqueue: pm pm_runtime_work [ 15.408959] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 15.408967] pc : gdsc_toggle_logic+0x14c/0x160 [ 15.408978] lr : gdsc_toggle_logic+0x14c/0x160 [ 15.408987] sp : ffff8000800f3b40 [ 15.408991] x29: ffff8000800f3b40 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 15.409003] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 15.409014] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: ffffa33f298fca88 [ 15.409024] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffa33f298fc5b0 x18: 00cd15db75dacefd [ 15.409035] x17: 000000040044ffff x16: ffffa33f3b1a3d88 x15: 726f776b80000002 [ 15.409045] x14: ffffffffffffffff x13: 0000000000000028 x12: 0101010101010101 [ 15.409056] x11: 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x10: fefeff3039313274 x9 : ffffa33f3a5edafc [ 15.409067] x8 : ffff8000800f3780 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 15.409078] x5 : ffff000bf3ca1288 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff5cccb6a3f000 [ 15.409088] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff000080ae0000 [ 15.409098] Call trace: [ 15.409103] gdsc_toggle_logic+0x14c/0x160 (P) [ 15.409115] gdsc_disable+0x4c/0x190 [ 15.409126] _genp ---truncated---
Affected packages
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