Bug 2517075 (CVE-2026-74519)

Summary: CVE-2026-74519 kernel: pinctrl: devicetree: don't free uninitialized dev_name on error path
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An issue within the pinctrl subsystem's device tree handling could lead to a double-free vulnerability. This occurs when an error path during device binding attempts to free uninitialized memory, potentially allowing a local attacker to trigger a system crash and cause a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 12:48:24 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pinctrl: devicetree: don't free uninitialized dev_name on error path

dt_remember_or_free_map() duplicates dev_name for each map entry. If
kstrdup_const() fails, dt_free_map() frees dev_name in all num_maps
entries, including entries that have not been initialized.

Some pinctrl drivers, including pinctrl-imx, allocate the map with
kmalloc() and leave dev_name for the core to initialize. The untouched
entries therefore contain uninitialized data which is passed to
kfree_const().

Reproduced on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk (pinctrl-imx) with failslab injection
while binding the pinctrl-consuming device, under KASAN:

  BUG: KASAN: double-free in dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4
  Free of addr c425a900 by task init/1
   kfree from dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4
   dt_free_map from dt_remember_or_free_map+0x184/0x198
   dt_remember_or_free_map from pinctrl_dt_to_map+0x33c/0x4c8
   pinctrl_dt_to_map from create_pinctrl+0x9c/0x5c0

Initialize all dev_name fields to NULL before duplicating the device
name, making the full-map cleanup safe after a partial failure.
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2026-08-17 13:46:41 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081544-CVE-2026-74519-233e@gregkh/T