What is CVE-2024-27077?

CVE-2024-27077 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 4.19 onward and patched in 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. CVE-2024-27077 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27077?

CVE-2024-27077 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-2024-27077?

Yes, CVE-2024-27077 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27077 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27077 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-2024-27077

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity The entity->name (i.e. name) is allocated in v4l2_m2m_register_entity but isn't freed in its following error-handling paths. This patch adds such deallocation to prevent memleak of entity->name.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-01

Last modified 2026-05-12

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-2024-27077 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 4.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.311, 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

≥ 4.19

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.311 4.19.x ✓ 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

12 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0175f2d34c85744f9ad6554f696cf0afb5bd04e4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9550b032de48d6a7fa6a4ddc09699d64d9300d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd8abb0ed0e0a7c66d6d677c86ccb188cc39333

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc319cc3c4f7b74f7dfba349aa26f87efb52458

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f94b49a5b5d386c038e355bef6347298aabd211

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27077

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-01

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27077?

CVE-2024-27077 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 4.19 onward and has been patched in 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. CVE-2024-27077 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27077?

CVE-2024-27077 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-2024-27077?

Yes. CVE-2024-27077 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27077 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27077 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.