HIGH
cpuidle: dt_idle_genpd: kfree() the original name allocation
Published Sep 16, 2026
8.4
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
Description
dt_idle_pd_alloc() kasprintf()s the full node path, then points pd->name at kbasename() of that string. dt_idle_pd_free() kfree()s pd->name, which is no longer the start of the allocation.
Copy the basename instead.
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- Version 5.18StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<5.18
- Version 6.1.188StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.1.*
- Version 6.12.110StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.12.*
- Version 6.18.51StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.18.*
- Version 6.6.157StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.6.*
- Version 7.2.5StatusunaffectedConstraints<=7.2.*
- Version 7.3-rc2StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-80600 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d002c8fb0261d35ce9d8a705de5db034ee90b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1312ae33b91430ec99e69cd3d47f0e50a4ebf54b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b0ac85512b7f67479127b2713254490662eb13d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3394c7ba23336bdb7ece29127130fd01731d42d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a38caa9ed0d5c61c17d88393b14b292199289c1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b519dfce1998c323e54a56f911cf708d9ba0e076
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Sep 16, 2026
Updated Sep 16, 2026
Reserved Sep 11, 2026
Link CVE-2026-89992
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2026-80600 Assigner Linux
Published Sep 16, 2026
Updated Sep 16, 2026
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2026-80600