{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2024-36890","published":"2024-05-30T15:28:57.373Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.196618646Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1"],"summary":"mm/slab: make __free(kfree) accept error pointers","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/slab: make __free(kfree) accept error pointers\n\nCurrently, if an automatically freed allocation is an error pointer that\nwill lead to a crash.  An example of this is in wm831x_gpio_dbg_show().\n\n   171\tchar *label __free(kfree) = gpiochip_dup_line_label(chip, i);\n   172\tif (IS_ERR(label)) {\n   173\t\tdev_err(wm831x->dev, \"Failed to duplicate label\\n\");\n   174\t\tcontinue;\n   175  }\n\nThe auto clean up function should check for error pointers as well,\notherwise we're going to keep hitting issues like this.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"af53aaf20722d745a69a051114a1ae237f5b922e"},{"fixed":"edca32f87329d6e341d2143a3b58ec254e8f6b88"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"f550466949e822afcd0b546a4fc35795930660bc"},{"fixed":"946771c2a2b1150f9b7286feadc3aa1e15a1eb16"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"3c6cc62ce1265aa5623e2e1b29c0fe258bf6e232"},{"fixed":"9f6eb0ab4f95240589ee85fd9886a944cd3645b2"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"54da6a0924311c7cf5015533991e44fb8eb12773"},{"fixed":"ac6cf3ce9b7d12acb7b528248df5f87caa25fcdc"},{"fixed":"79cbe0be6c0317b215ddd8bd3e32f0afdac48543"},{"fixed":"cd7eb8f83fcf258f71e293f7fc52a70be8ed0128"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"6.1.79"},{"fixed":"6.1.91"}]}],"versions":["v6.1.90","v6.1.89","v6.1.88","v6.1.87","v6.1.86","v6.1.85","v6.1.84","v6.1.83","v6.1.82","v6.1.81","v6.1.80","v6.1.79"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36890.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.91"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.31"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.5.0"},{"fixed":"6.8.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36890.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79cbe0be6c0317b215ddd8bd3e32f0afdac48543"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/946771c2a2b1150f9b7286feadc3aa1e15a1eb16"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6eb0ab4f95240589ee85fd9886a944cd3645b2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac6cf3ce9b7d12acb7b528248df5f87caa25fcdc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd7eb8f83fcf258f71e293f7fc52a70be8ed0128"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edca32f87329d6e341d2143a3b58ec254e8f6b88"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36890.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36890"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36890.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}