CVE-2026-43328

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path When kobject_init_and_add() fails, cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() calls kobject_put(&dbs_data->attr_set.kobj). The kobject release callback cpufreq_dbs_data_release() calls gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data), but the current error path then calls gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data) again, causing a double free. Keep the direct kfree(dbs_data) for the gov->init() failure path, but after kobject_init_and_add() has been called, let kobject_put() handle the cleanup through cpufreq_dbs_data_release().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da39ee627fd82b52068d4d5f115749a8b7d271f9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2703b4f8fb7cc6f0dfdb2dc2359cc46189e7357

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dcf9d0064ce2f3e3dfe5755f98b93abe6a98e1e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56bc91ee78babe9578585a2bc137abc4b3115ff3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/427d048e4f6acbfa01b5a8062449fe0ee8987c0d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf9d023d2329a0e5379f2fd09d06ef09729cd9d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/019ea28629720c220daedf38107c8787f330dc05

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-08

Updated: 2026-05-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium