What is CVE-2024-27039?

CVE-2024-27039 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and patched in 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23 and others. CVE-2024-27039 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27039?

CVE-2024-27039 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-27039?

Yes, CVE-2024-27039 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27039 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27039 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-27039

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: hisilicon: hi3559a: Fix an erroneous devm_kfree() 'p_clk' is an array allocated just before the for loop for all clk that need to be registered. It is incremented at each loop iteration. If a clk_register() call fails, 'p_clk' may point to something different from what should be freed. The best we can do, is to avoid this wrong release of memory.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2025-09-18

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.153 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.83 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.23 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.11 6.7.x ✓ 6.8.2 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

6 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc572e0085ebd4b662b74a0f43222bc00df9a00

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8445f1c746fda180a7f75372ed06b24e9cefe2

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c6a38136b74a2f18c42199830975edd9fbc379

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d1f1228c1bb54803ae57525b76db60e99b37e4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d575765b1b62e8bdb00af11caa1aabeb01763d9f

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27039

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2025-09-18

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27039?

CVE-2024-27039 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and has been patched in 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23 and others. CVE-2024-27039 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27039?

CVE-2024-27039 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-27039?

Yes. CVE-2024-27039 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27039 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27039 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.