CVE-2024-26829: media: ir_toy: fix a memleak in irtoy_tx
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-26829 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 13Timeline
- 17-04-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ir_toy: fix a memleak in irtoy_tx When irtoy_command fails, buf should be freed since it is allocated by irtoy_tx, or there is a memleak.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
14%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.23% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu104 products
- linux< 5.15.0-106.116
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1061.67
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ a4ac45aff8d38c64104aec21c6529747d94ae75a, < 207557e393a135c1b6fe1df7cc0741d2c1789fff | ≥ 4114978dcd24e72415276bba60ff4ff355970bbc, < be76ad74a43f90f340f9f479e6b04f02125f6aef | ≥ 4114978dcd24e72415276bba60ff4ff355970bbc, < 7219a692ffc00089015ada33b85b334d1a4b6e8e | ≥ 4114978dcd24e72415276bba60ff4ff355970bbc, < b37259448bbc70af1d0e52a9dd5559a9c29c9621 | ≥ 4114978dcd24e72415276bba60ff4ff355970bbc, < dc9ceb90c4b42c6e5c6757df1d6257110433788e | ≥ 5.15.54, < 5.15.149 | 5.16
- linux_kernel< 5.10.210 | ≥ 5.15.54, < 5.15.149 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.79 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.18 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.6 | 6.8:rc1 | 6.8:rc2 | 6.8:rc3 | 6.8:rc4
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.82-1 | < 6.7.7-1
3 vendors · 107 products
