In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/slab: make __free(kfree) accept error pointers

Currently, if an automatically freed allocation is an error pointer that
will lead to a crash. An example of this is in wm831x_gpio_dbg_show().

171 char *label __free(kfree) = gpiochip_dup_line_label(chip, i);
172 if (IS_ERR(label)) {
173 dev_err(wm831x->dev, "Failed to duplicate label\n");
174 continue;
175 }

The auto clean up function should check for error pointers as well,
otherwise we're going to keep hitting issues like this.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6952-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6955-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000


Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-763
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-19T14:48:44.363Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T15:25:07.065Z

Link: CVE-2024-36890

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:43:49.148Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-30T16:15:12.493

Modified: 2025-10-19T15:15:35.993

Link: CVE-2024-36890

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-36890 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:14:43Z