CVE-2024-43913

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in NVMe Apple Controller Device Reference Counting

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting Drivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a successful nvme_init_ctrl. Split the allocation side out to make the error handling boundary easier to navigate. The apple driver had been doing this wrong, leaking the controller device memory on a tagset failure.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 11.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Products (11)

linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 6.6.64linux

linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.5linux

Linux/Linux < 5.19

Linux/Linux 5.19

Linux/Linux 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 - b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210

Linux/Linux 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 - d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d

Linux/Linux 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 - f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad

Linux/Linux 6.10.5 - 6.10.*

Linux/Linux 6.11

Linux/Linux 6.6.64 - 6.6.*

... and 1 more

Published Aug 26, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026