CVE-2026-43328 PUBLISHED

cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

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().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to 56bc91ee78babe9578585a2bc137abc4b3115ff3 (excl.)
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to 019ea28629720c220daedf38107c8787f330dc05 (excl.)
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to da39ee627fd82b52068d4d5f115749a8b7d271f9 (excl.)
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to 427d048e4f6acbfa01b5a8062449fe0ee8987c0d (excl.)
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to d2703b4f8fb7cc6f0dfdb2dc2359cc46189e7357 (excl.)
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to 3bf9d023d2329a0e5379f2fd09d06ef09729cd9d (excl.)
  • affected from 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee to 6dcf9d0064ce2f3e3dfe5755f98b93abe6a98e1e (excl.)
  • Version e977b1477a6725868302957e6b5c330220391797 is affected
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.2 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.2 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.253 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.168 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.134 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.81 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.22 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.12 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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