What is CVE-2024-43913?

CVE-2024-43913 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 5.19 onward and patched in 6.6.64, 6.10.5 and 6.11. CVE-2024-43913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-43913?

CVE-2024-43913 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-2024-43913?

Yes, CVE-2024-43913 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.64, 6.10.5 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-43913 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-43913 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-2024-43913

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting Drivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a successful nvme_init_ctrl. Split the allocation side out to make the error handling boundary easier to navigate. The apple driver had been doing this wrong, leaking the controller device memory on a tagset failure.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-26

Last modified 2024-12-09

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-2024-43913 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 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.64, 6.10.5, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.64 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.5 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-43913 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-43913

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-26

Modified 2024-12-09

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43913?

CVE-2024-43913 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 5.19 onward and has been patched in 6.6.64, 6.10.5 and 6.11. CVE-2024-43913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-43913?

CVE-2024-43913 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-2024-43913?

Yes — CVE-2024-43913 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.64, 6.10.5 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-43913 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-43913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →