CVE-2024-36956

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Debido a que Thermal_debug_tz_remove() no libera toda la memoria asignada para el diagn\u00f3stico de la zona t\u00e9rmica, parte de esa memoria se vuelve inalcanzable despu\u00e9s de liberar la zona t\u00e9rmica. objeto struct Thermal_debugfs de la zona. Solucione esto haciendo que Thermal_debug_tz_remove() libere toda la memoria en cuesti\u00f3n. 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