9.8

CVE-2024-27388: SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27388DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27388
Published 01-05-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-27388 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 44 · Related 39
DLA-3840-1DLA-3842-1DSA-5681-1RHSA-2024:5101RHSA-2024:5102SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array The creds and oa->data need to be freed in the error-handling paths after their allocation. So this patch add these deallocations in the corresponding paths.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.96% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu117 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-280.314 | < 4.15.0-249.261 | < 5.4.0-189.209 | < 5.15.0-112.122 | < 6.8.0-35.35
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1154.160 | < 4.4.0-1192.207 | < 4.15.0-1191.204 | < 5.4.0-1128.138 | < 5.15.0-1063.69 | < 6.8.0-1009.9
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < b97c37978ca825557d331c9012e0c1ddc0e42364 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < bfa9d86d39a0fe4685f90c3529aa9bd62a9d97a8 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < bb336cd8d5ecb69c430ebe3e7bcff68471d93fa8 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < dd292e884c649f9b1c18af0ec75ca90b390cd044 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < 934212a623cbab851848b6de377eb476718c3e4c | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < 5e6013ae2c8d420faea553d363935f65badd32c3 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < 9806c2393cd2ab0a8e7bb9ffae02ce20e3112ec4 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < 996997d1fb2126feda550d6adcedcbd94911fc69 | ≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735, < 3cfcfc102a5e57b021b786a755a38935e357797d | 3.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.10, < 4.19.311 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.273 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.214 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.153 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.83 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.23 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.11 | ≥ 6.8, < 6.8.2

3 vendors · 121 products

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