What is CVE-2024-27078?

CVE-2024-27078 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 3.18 onward and patched in 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. CVE-2024-27078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27078?

CVE-2024-27078 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-2024-27078?

Yes, CVE-2024-27078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-27078 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27078 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-2024-27078

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc In tpg_alloc, resources should be deallocated in each and every error-handling paths, since they are allocated in for statements. Otherwise there would be memleaks because tpg_free is called only when tpg_alloc return 0.

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-2024-27078 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 3.18 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

≥ 3.18

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/0de691ff547d86dd54c24b40a81f9c925df8dd77

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31096da07933598da8522c54bd007376fb152a09

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c86c772fef06f5d7a66151bac42366825db0941

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622b1cf38521569869c8f7b9fbe9e4f1a289add7

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf5c2fade8ed53b2d26fa9875e5b04f36c7145d

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-27078

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-2024-27078?

CVE-2024-27078 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 3.18 onward and has been patched in 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. CVE-2024-27078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27078?

CVE-2024-27078 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-2024-27078?

Yes. CVE-2024-27078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-27078 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-27078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.