CVE-2024-43871devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < 700e8abd65b10792b2f179ce4e858f2ca2880f85
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < b044588a16a978cd891cb3d665dd7ae06850d5bf
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < ef56dcdca8f2a53abc3a83d388b8336447533d85
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < 3047f99caec240a88ccd06197af2868da1af6a96
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < 3dcd0673e47664bc6c719ad47dadac6d55d5950d
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < b67552d7c61f52f1271031adfa7834545ae99701
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < 95065edb8ebb27771d5f1e898eef6ab43dc6c87c
- affected ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06 – < bd50a974097bb82d52a458bd3ee39fb723129a0c
- affected 4.10
- unaffected < 4.10
- unaffected 4.19.320 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.282 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.224 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.165 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.103 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.44 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.3 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11 – ≤ *
References
References14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700e8abd65b10792b2f179ce4e858f2ca2880f85 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b044588a16a978cd891cb3d665dd7ae06850d5bf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef56dcdca8f2a53abc3a83d388b8336447533d85 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3047f99caec240a88ccd06197af2868da1af6a96 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dcd0673e47664bc6c719ad47dadac6d55d5950d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b67552d7c61f52f1271031adfa7834545ae99701 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95065edb8ebb27771d5f1e898eef6ab43dc6c87c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd50a974097bb82d52a458bd3ee39fb723129a0c (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-40521 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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