In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bus: fsl-mc: fix double-free on mc_dev
The blamed commit tried to simplify how the deallocations are done but, in the process, introduced a double-free on the mc_dev variable.
In case the MC device is a DPRC, a new mc_bus is allocated and the mc_dev variable is just a reference to one of its fields. In this circumstance, on the error path only the mc_bus should be freed.
This commit introduces back the following checkpatch warning which is a false-positive.
WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required
if (mc_bus)
kfree(mc_bus);
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.13 | 5.4.295 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.5 | 5.10.239 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.11 | 5.15.186 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.16 | 6.1.142 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.2 | 6.6.94 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.7 | 6.12.34 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.13 | 6.15.3 |
| debian / debian_linux | 11.0 | 11.0.x |