What is CVE-2024-44971?

CVE-2024-44971 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 5.10 onward and patched in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105 and others. CVE-2024-44971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44971?

CVE-2024-44971 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-2024-44971?

Yes, CVE-2024-44971 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-44971 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-44971 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-2024-44971

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Fix a possible memory leak in bcm_sf2_mdio_register() bcm_sf2_mdio_register() calls of_phy_find_device() and then phy_device_remove() in a loop to remove existing PHY devices. of_phy_find_device() eventually calls bus_find_device(), which calls get_device() on the returned struct device * to increment the refcount. The current implementation does not decrement the refcount, which causes memory leak. This commit adds the missing phy_device_free() call to decrement the refcount via put_device() to balance the refcount.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-04

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-2024-44971 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 5.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105, 6.6.46, 6.10.5, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.224 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.165 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.105 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.46 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.5 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7feef10768ea71d468d9bbc1e0d14c461876768c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d2808d67570e6acae45c2a96e0d59986888e4c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b8d9f5e679af60c94251fd6728dde34be69a71

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05516c072903f6fb9134b8e7e1ad4bffcdc4819

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3862093ee93fcfbdadcb7957f5f8974fffa806a

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-44971

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-04

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44971?

CVE-2024-44971 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 5.10 onward and has been patched in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105 and others. CVE-2024-44971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44971?

CVE-2024-44971 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-2024-44971?

Yes. CVE-2024-44971 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-44971 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-44971 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.