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().
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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-457

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-908
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description 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().
Title time/jiffies: Register jiffies clocksource before usage
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T11:51:47.895Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.367Z

Link: CVE-2026-68092

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-10T12:17:22.030

Modified: 2026-08-10T12:17:22.030

Link: CVE-2026-68092

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-08-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-68092 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T11:15:05Z

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