# CVE-2024-50055: driver core: bus: Fix double free in driver API bus\_register()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: bus: Fix double free in driver API bus_register() For bus_register(), any error which happens after kset_register() will cause that @priv are freed twice, fixed by setting @priv with NULL after the first free.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d885c464c25018b81a6b58f5d548fc2e3ef87dd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ce15f68abedfae7ae0a35e95895aeddfd0f0c6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfa54a793ba77ef696755b66f3ac4ed00c7d1248

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