CVE-2024-36940 pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()

2024-05-3015:29:28

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

pinctrl core

incorrect free

pinctrl_enable

devm_pinctrl_register_and_init

devm_pinctrl_dev_release

double free

pctldev struct

devm managed pointer

pindescs

mutex

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.2%

JSON

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

pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()

The “pctldev” struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init().
It’s a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(),
so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free.

The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroys
the mutex as well.

CNA Affected

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