Bug 2468079 (CVE-2026-43328) - CVE-2026-43328 kernel: cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path
Summary: CVE-2026-43328 kernel: cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_gove...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43328
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 14:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-15 17:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 14:03:26 UTC
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().


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