CVE-2024-43913

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.10.5 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

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)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
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 (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.10.5
linux/Kernel < 6.6.64linux
linux/Kernel < 6.10.5linux

Timeline

Published Aug 26, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026