[PATCH v1] cpufreq: pcc: fix use-after-free and double free in _OSC evaluation

From: Yuho Choi

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 12:57:48 EST


pcc_cpufreq_do_osc() evaluates _OSC twice with the same output buffer.
The first acpi_evaluate_object() allocates the buffer because output is
initialized with ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER. Freeing output.pointer before the
second evaluation leaves output.length stale, so the next call treats
output as a caller-supplied buffer and performs a use-after-free write
into the freed memory. The final cleanup path then frees the same
pointer again, causing a double free.

Keep the first _OSC result alive until the shared cleanup path and route
the early error exits through out_free. This avoids both the use-after-
free on the second evaluation and the final double free.

Fixes: 0f1d683fb35d ("[CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driver")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
index ac2e90a65f0c4..165826b5d6844 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*/

+#include "acpi/actypes.h"
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
@@ -351,16 +352,19 @@ static int __init pcc_cpufreq_do_osc(acpi_handle *handle)
goto out_free;
}

- kfree(output.pointer);
capabilities[0] = 0x0;
capabilities[1] = 0x1;

status = acpi_evaluate_object(*handle, "_OSC", &input, &output);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto out_free;
+ }

- if (!output.length)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (!output.length) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto out_free;
+ }

out_obj = output.pointer;
if (out_obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)