cve/2024/CVE-2024-36940.md

### [CVE-2024-36940](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-36940)
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### Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()The "pctldev" struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init().It's a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(),so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free.The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroysthe mutex as well.

### POC

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#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds