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The callers of\nljca_new_client_device shouldn't call kfree() again\nin the error handling path to free the platform data.\n\nFix this by cleaning up the redundant kfree() in all callers and\nadding kfree() the passed in platform_data on errors which happen\nbefore auxiliary_device_init() succeeds .","publishedAt":"2024-04-01T08:33:04.200Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T20:01:34.001Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"acd6199f195d6de814ac4090ce0864a613b1580e","status":"affected","lessThan":"420babea4f1881a7c4ea22a8e218b8c6895d3f21","versionType":"git"},{"version":"acd6199f195d6de814ac4090ce0864a613b1580e","status":"affected","lessThan":"8a9f653cc852677003c23ee8075e3ed8fb4743c9","versionType":"git"},{"version":"acd6199f195d6de814ac4090ce0864a613b1580e","status":"affected","lessThan":"7c9631969287a5366bc8e39cd5abff154b35fb80","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/misc/usb-ljca.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.7","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.7.12","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.7.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.8.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.8.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/misc/usb-ljca.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/420babea4f1881a7c4ea22a8e218b8c6895d3f21","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a9f653cc852677003c23ee8075e3ed8fb4743c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9631969287a5366bc8e39cd5abff154b35fb80"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:07:10.607Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26653.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-26653","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-04-01T08:33:04.200Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T20:01:34.001Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2024-02-19T14:20:24.144Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"usb: misc: ljca: Fix double free in error handling path","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: misc: ljca: Fix double free in error handling path\n\nWhen auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls\nauxiliary_device_uninit(), callback function ljca_auxdev_release\ncalls kfree(auxdev->dev.platform_data) to free the parameter data\nof the function ljca_new_client_device. 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