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firmware: arm_scmi: Fix the double free in scmi_debugfs_common_setup()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix the double free in scmi_debugfs_common_setup() Clang static checker(scan-build) throws below warning: | drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c:line 2915, column 2 | Attempt to free released memory. When devm_add_action_or_reset() fails, scmi_debugfs_common_cleanup() will run twice which causes double free of 'dbg->name'. Remove the redundant scmi_debugfs_common_cleanup() to fix this problem.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.11.6, 6.6.59
CVEs
CVE-2024-50159
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 08:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

firmware: arm_scmi: Fix the double free in scmi_debugfs_common_setup()

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Nov 2024, 09:31 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix the double free in scmi_debugfs_common_setup() Clang static checker(scan-build) throws below warning: | drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c:line 2915, column 2 | Attempt to free released memory. When devm_add_action_or_reset() fails, scmi_debugfs_common_cleanup() will run twice which causes double free of 'dbg->name'. Remove the redundant scmi_debugfs_common_cleanup() to fix this problem.

osv:CVE-2024-50159

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.59, 6.11.6

Complete source record
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