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CVE-2026-90296NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: imx6q: fix devres accumulation across driver rebind
imx6_soc_volt is allocated with devm_kcalloc(cpu_dev, ...), where cpu_dev
is the CPU device from get_cpu_device(0). That device is never unbound, so
its devres list is never released, and imx6q_cpufreq_remove() does not free
the array either. Every probe therefore adds an allocation that stays for
the lifetime of the system.
Allocate against the platform device instead. Its devres is released when
the driver is unbound, which is exactly the lifetime the array wants:
imx6q_set_target() reads it, and nothing may reach that after
cpufreq_unregister_driver().
That makes the array actually go away on unbind, so also clear the
file-scope pointer in remove and on the failed-probe path, rather than
leave it pointing at memory devres is about to release.
Tested by rebinding the driver on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk.
cpufreq: imx6q: fix devres accumulation across driver rebind
imx6_soc_volt is allocated with devm_kcalloc(cpu_dev, ...), where cpu_dev
is the CPU device from get_cpu_device(0). That device is never unbound, so
its devres list is never released, and imx6q_cpufreq_remove() does not free
the array either. Every probe therefore adds an allocation that stays for
the lifetime of the system.
Allocate against the platform device instead. Its devres is released when
the driver is unbound, which is exactly the lifetime the array wants:
imx6q_set_target() reads it, and nothing may reach that after
cpufreq_unregister_driver().
That makes the array actually go away on unbind, so also clear the
file-scope pointer in remove and on the failed-probe path, rather than
leave it pointing at memory devres is about to release.
Tested by rebinding the driver on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk.
Affected & Patched Versions
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < 493c4d5982f037f288509a1cee352b8b9705fb38
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < d91f07381e2b70578ff92b83d9422ac31e7b9096
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < 38d2c3c9238b9d499e1829a3b8e80c2f73c73b5c
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < 92e53a5274276a7b1ca815b9aacebea4fb7efe75
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < 9e314b3ecd2594958d4f4999313641290ad28ebe
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < e2d2612e63e294ebcdec7c6f08a1a052b7dfdc59
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < 0f77d1a0a25056146eea1f8619fa06ce287c91f7
- Linux Linux >= b4573d1d657aae28bedf3a9a1f5367e09c80d1d6 and < 22c23c72c3b21fa3ec3db5070dfc0582794e0ef9
- Linux Linux >= 3.14
- Linux Linux 493c4d5982f037f288509a1cee352b8b9705fb38
- Linux Linux d91f07381e2b70578ff92b83d9422ac31e7b9096
- Linux Linux 38d2c3c9238b9d499e1829a3b8e80c2f73c73b5c
- Linux Linux 92e53a5274276a7b1ca815b9aacebea4fb7efe75
- Linux Linux 9e314b3ecd2594958d4f4999313641290ad28ebe
- Linux Linux e2d2612e63e294ebcdec7c6f08a1a052b7dfdc59
- Linux Linux 0f77d1a0a25056146eea1f8619fa06ce287c91f7
- Linux Linux 22c23c72c3b21fa3ec3db5070dfc0582794e0ef9
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493c4d5982f037f288509a1cee352b8b9705fb38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91f07381e2b70578ff92b83d9422ac31e7b9096
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d2c3c9238b9d499e1829a3b8e80c2f73c73b5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e53a5274276a7b1ca815b9aacebea4fb7efe75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e314b3ecd2594958d4f4999313641290ad28ebe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2d2612e63e294ebcdec7c6f08a1a052b7dfdc59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f77d1a0a25056146eea1f8619fa06ce287c91f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c23c72c3b21fa3ec3db5070dfc0582794e0ef9