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CVE-2026-89992

HIGH CVSS: 8.4 Published: 2026-09-16 Modified: 2026-09-16

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpuidle: dt_idle_genpd: kfree() the original name allocation dt_idle_pd_alloc() kasprintf()s the full node path, then points pd->name at kbasename() of that string. dt_idle_pd_free() kfree()s pd->name, which is no longer the start of the allocation. Copy the basename instead.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

Unknown

References