SUSE-SU-2026:5123-1: Security update for cpupower

Published Nov 5, 2026
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Updated

This update for cpupower fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-80663: tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open (bsc#1278335).

Changes for cpupower:

Release to latest kernel-source including these fixes: - intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open (CVE-2026-80663 bsc#1278335) - turbostat: Increase the limit for fd opened (bsc#1233119). - turbostat: report CoreThr per measurement interval - turbostat: Increase CPUSUBSETMAXCPUS to 8192 (bsc#1241175) - turbostat: Fix trailing '\n' parsing - turbostat: Increase the limit for fd opened - cpupower: Fix incorrect size in cpuidlestatedisable() - cpupower: Add missing powercapsetenabled() stub function - cpupower: fix TSC MHz calculation - cpupower: fix error return value in cpupowerwritesysfs() - cpupower: Fix a bug where the -t option of the set subcommand was not working - cpupower: Fix the snapshot-order of tsc,mperf, clock in mperfstop()

Other sources

This update for cpupower fixes the following issue: CVE-2026-80663: tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open (bsc#1278335). Changes for cpupower: Release to latest kernel-source including these fixes: - intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open (CVE-2026-80663 bsc#1278335) - turbostat: Increase the limit for fd opened (bsc#1233119). - turbostat: report CoreThr per measurement interval - turbostat: Increase CPUSUBSETMAXCPUS to 8192 (bsc#1241175) - turbostat: Fix trailing '\n' parsing - turbostat: Increase the limit for fd opened - cpupower: Fix incorrect size in cpuidlestatedisable() - cpupower: Add missing powercapsetenabled() stub function - cpupower: fix TSC MHz calculation - cpupower: fix error return value in cpupowerwritesysfs() - cpupower: Fix a bug where the -t option of the set subcommand was not working - cpupower: Fix the snapshot-order of tsc,mperf, clock in mperfstop()

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Affected Software

35 affected componentsFixes available
suse/cpupower<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/cpupower-debugsource<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/libcpupower1<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/libcpupower1-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-devel<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)
Any of the following
suse/cpupower-lang<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-bash-completion<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/cpupower-debugsource<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-bench-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-bench<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/libcpupower1<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/libcpupower1-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-rebuild<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-devel<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
Any of the following
suse/cpupower-lang<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-bash-completion<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/cpupower-debugsource<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/libcpupower1<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/libcpupower1-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-debuginfo<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-devel<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)
Any of the following
suse/cpupower-lang<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
suse/cpupower-bash-completion<6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
6.4.0-150600.4.10.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libcpupower1 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libcpupower1-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-lang to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-bash-completion to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-bench-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-bench to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/cpupower-rebuild to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.4.0-150600.4.10.1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-2026-5123
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-5123
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-5123

Event History

Nov 5, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·06:11 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·06:11 PM
DescriptionAffected Software
Advisory Published
via SUSE·06:11 PM
Data Sourced
via SUSE·06:11 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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