Double Free
CVE-2024-26694
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix double-free bug The storage for the TLV PC register data wasn't done like all the other storage in the drv->fw area, which is cleared at the end of deallocation. Therefore, the freeing must also be done differently, explicitly NULL'ing it out after the free, since otherwise there's a nasty double-free bug here if a file fails to load after this has been parsed, and we get another free later (e.g. because no other file exists.) Fix that by adding the missing NULL assignment.
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- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
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- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-415 - Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published