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CVE-2026-43328

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-415 Double Free
Publication date:
08/05/2026
Last modified:
18/05/2026

Description

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

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.2 (including) 5.10.253 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 (including) 6.1.168 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.6.134 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.81 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.18.22 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.19 (including) 6.19.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

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