What is CVE-2024-43913?

CVE-2024-43913 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-43913?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-43913

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3, 5.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43913?: CVE-2024-43913 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-43913?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.