CVE-2026-43328

Description

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().

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/019ea28629720c220daedf38107c8787f330dc05
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf9d023d2329a0e5379f2fd09d06ef09729cd9d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/427d048e4f6acbfa01b5a8062449fe0ee8987c0d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56bc91ee78babe9578585a2bc137abc4b3115ff3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dcf9d0064ce2f3e3dfe5755f98b93abe6a98e1e