CVE-2026-89992
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Publication date: 2026-09-16

Last updated on: 2026-09-16

Assigner: kernel.org

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.

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Published
2026-09-16
Last Modified
2026-09-16
Generated
2026-10-06
EPSS Evaluated
2026-10-05
NVD
CVE-2026-89992
EUVD
EUVD-2026-80600

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Linux Linux 9d976d6721dfb525b81ce981e1363c70c0975aab
Linux Linux 9d976d6721dfb525b81ce981e1363c70c0975aab
Linux Linux 9d976d6721dfb525b81ce981e1363c70c0975aab
Linux Linux 9d976d6721dfb525b81ce981e1363c70c0975aab
Linux Linux 9d976d6721dfb525b81ce981e1363c70c0975aab
Linux Linux 9d976d6721dfb525b81ce981e1363c70c0975aab
Linux Linux 5.18

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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