CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-43871

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel devres module, devm_free_percpu() caused a memory leak because it used devres_destroy() instead of devres_release() to free memory allocated by devm_alloc_percpu().

Risk Assessment

May lead to gradual kernel memory leak, resulting in resource exhaustion and system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that uses devres_release() in devm_free_percpu().

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Original NVD description (English source)

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().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS