Double Free
CVE-2024-38627
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: stm class: Fix a double free in stm_register_device() The put_device(&stm->dev) call will trigger stm_device_release() which frees "stm" so the vfree(stm) on the next line is a double free.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-415 - Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published