What is CVE-2024-27073?

CVE-2024-27073 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and patched in 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153 and others. CVE-2024-27073 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27073?

CVE-2024-27073 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-2024-27073?

Yes, CVE-2024-27073 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27073 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27073 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2024-27073

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ttpci: fix two memleaks in budget_av_attach When saa7146_register_device and saa7146_vv_init fails, budget_av_attach should free the resources it allocates, like the error-handling of ttpci_budget_init does. Besides, there are two fixme comment refers to such deallocations.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2025-04-08

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

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2024-27073 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.12

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.273 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.214 5.10.x ✓ 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

9 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1597cd1a88cfcdc4bf8b1b44cd458fed9a5a5d63

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24e51d6eb578b82ff292927f14b9f5ec05a46beb

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55ca0c7eae8499bb96f4e5d9b26af95e89c4e6a0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/656b8cc123d7635dd399d9f02594f27aa797ac3c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7393c681f9aa05ffe2385e8716989565eed2fe06

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27073

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2025-04-08

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27073?

CVE-2024-27073 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and has been patched in 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153 and others. CVE-2024-27073 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27073?

CVE-2024-27073 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-2024-27073?

Yes. CVE-2024-27073 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27073 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27073 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.