CVE-2026-74519
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: devicetree: don't free uninitialized dev_name on error path
dt_remember_or_free_map() duplicates dev_name for each map entry. If kstrdup_const() fails, dt_free_map() frees dev_name in all num_maps entries, including entries that have not been initialized.
Some pinctrl drivers, including pinctrl-imx, allocate the map with kmalloc() and leave dev_name for the core to initialize. The untouched entries therefore contain uninitialized data which is passed to kfree_const().
Reproduced on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk (pinctrl-imx) with failslab injection while binding the pinctrl-consuming device, under KASAN:
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Initialize all dev_name fields to NULL before duplicating the device name, making the full-map cleanup safe after a partial failure.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
BUG: KASAN: double-free in dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4 Free of addr c425a900 by task init/1 kfree from dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4 dt_free_map from dt_remember_or_free_map+0x184/0x198 dt_remember_or_free_map from pinctrl_dt_to_map+0x33c/0x4c8 pinctrl_dt_to_map from create_pinctrl+0x9c/0x5c0
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.15%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 3
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact60 %
AV:L, PR:L sin UI permite escalada local; double-free en kernel puede causar DoS o corrupción de memoria con privilegios de usuario normal.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015b5bcbcb622b32317642be91a7f79aa5413649
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1586423da2739a80871ef6240016fcb9c7339bfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/321fe3584a8298386938130d138191aa35040b75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/929f6396baade89999ec8a1281232c101cbc727d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d00a5ac7cd3d32ae61140f4b8a62f136de84e7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad0ad3c228b6f76fde10f32047e0ec5fbc109dc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dec5f0a8080502908dec5e35597c7ae07d533a3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3cfb22bad363bebcfd55d909e12d499cb8c5490
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npinctrl: devicetree: don't free uninitialized dev_name on error path\n\ndt_remember_or_free_map() duplicates dev_name for each map entry. If\nkstrdup_const() fails, dt_free_map() frees dev_name in all num_maps\nentries, including entries that have not been initialized.\n\nSome pinctrl drivers, including pinctrl-imx, allocate the map with\nkmalloc() and leave dev_name for the core to initialize. The untouched\nentries therefore contain uninitialized data which is passed to\nkfree_const().\n\nReproduced on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk (pinctrl-imx) with failslab injection\nwhile binding the pinctrl-consuming device, under KASAN:\n\n BUG: KASAN: double-free in dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4\n Free of addr c425a900 by task init/1\n kfree from dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4\n dt_free_map from dt_remember_or_free_map+0x184/0x198\n dt_remember_or_free_map from pinctrl_dt_to_map+0x33c/0x4c8\n pinctrl_dt_to_map from create_pinctrl+0x9c/0x5c0\n\nInitialize all dev_name fields to NULL before duplicating the device\nname, making the full-map cleanup safe after a partial failure."
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