CVE-2024-43913

MEDIUM EPSS 11.4%
Published Aug 26, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 26, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <6.10.5

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d
    Patch