CVE-2024-36973 misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: fix double free in the error handling of gp_aux_bus_probe()

2024-06-1717:51:52

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

microchip

pci1xxxx

error handling

vulnerability

gp_aux_bus_probe

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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

misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: fix double free in the error handling of gp_aux_bus_probe()

When auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls
auxiliary_device_uninit(), callback function
gp_auxiliary_device_release() calls ida_free() and
kfree(aux_device_wrapper) to free memory. We should’t
call them again in the error handling path.

Fix this by skipping the redundant cleanup functions.

CNA Affected

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      "drivers/misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/mchp_pci1xxxx_gp.c"
    ],
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