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CVE-2026-80623

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: ete: Always save state on power down System register ETMs and ETE are unlikely to be preserved on CPU power down.

Published Aug 28, 2026EPSS 0.21%

Overview

CVE-2026-80623 is a known-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 28, 2026.

Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

coresight: ete: Always save state on power down

System register ETMs and ETE are unlikely to be preserved on CPU power

down. The ETE DT binding also never documented

"arm,coresight-loses-context-with-cpu" so nobody would have legitimately

been able to use that binding to fix it and ACPI has no such binding at

all.

Fix it by hard coding the setting for sysreg ETMs (ETE is always sysreg)

or ACPI boots. Use a local variable when setting up save_state so that

it's immune to concurrent probing when devices have different

configurations which is an issue with modifying the global.

This fixes the following error when using Coresight with ACPI on the FVP

which supports CPU PM:

coresight ete0: External agent took claim tag

WARNING: drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c:248 at coresight_disclaim_device_unlocked+0xe0/0xe8, CPU#0: perf/117

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80623?

CVE-2026-80623 is a known-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 28, 2026.

How severe is CVE-2026-80623?

CVSS score information is not yet available for this vulnerability. Check back as the CVE record is updated by NVD analysts.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-80623?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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