What is CVE-2024-41078?

CVE-2024-41078 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 3.6 onward and patched in 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101 and others. CVE-2024-41078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-41078?

CVE-2024-41078 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-2024-41078?

Yes, CVE-2024-41078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-41078 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-41078 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-2024-41078

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: qgroup: fix quota root leak after quota disable failure If during the quota disable we fail when cleaning the quota tree or when deleting the root from the root tree, we jump to the 'out' label without ever dropping the reference on the quota root, resulting in a leak of the root since fs_info->quota_root is no longer pointing to the root (we have set it to NULL just before those steps). Fix this by always doing a btrfs_put_root() call under the 'out' label. This is a problem that exists since qgroups were first added in 2012 by commit bed92eae26cc ("Btrfs: qgroup implementation and prototypes"), but back then we missed a kfree on the quota root and free_extent_buffer() calls on its root and commit root nodes, since back then roots were not yet reference counted.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-29

Last modified 2025-11-03

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-2024-41078 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 3.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.6

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.223 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.164 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.101 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.42 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.11 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ef3961682e5310f2221bae99bcf9f5d0f4b0d51

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd6a5b96157a21245566b21fd58276a214357ff

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a69529f22590b67bb018de9acbcf94abc8603cf

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94818bdb00ef34a996a06aa63d11f591074cb757

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e4c6a3031c74078dba7fa36239d0f4fe476c53

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-41078

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-29

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41078?

CVE-2024-41078 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 3.6 onward and has been patched in 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101 and others. CVE-2024-41078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-41078?

CVE-2024-41078 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-2024-41078?

Yes. CVE-2024-41078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-41078 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-41078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.