CVE-2024-38615 cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

2024-06-1913:56:15

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

resolved

cpufreq

exit() callback

optional

pointer

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.1%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

The exit() callback is optional and shouldn’t be called without checking
a valid pointer first.

Also, we must clear freq_table pointer even if the exit() callback isn’t
present.

CNA Affected

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