CVE-2024-43871

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.19.320 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() It will cause memory leakage when use driver API devm_free_percpu() to free memory allocated by devm_alloc_percpu(), fixed by using devres_release() instead of devres_destroy() within devm_free_percpu().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (8)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.320
linux/Kernel < 4.19.320linux
linux/Kernel < 5.4.282linux
linux/Kernel < 5.10.224linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.165linux
linux/Kernel < 6.1.103linux
linux/Kernel < 6.6.44linux
linux/Kernel < 6.10.3linux

Timeline

Published Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026