9.8

CVE-2024-41073: nvme: avoid double free special payload

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-41073DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41073
Published 29-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-41073 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Double Free vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% 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
0.67%
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 45 · Related 34
DLA-4008-1DLA-4178-1MGASA-2024-0277MGASA-2024-0278RHSA-2024:6567RHSA-2026:13577

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: avoid double free special payload If a discard request needs to be retried, and that retry may fail before a new special payload is added, a double free will result. Clear the RQF_SPECIAL_LOAD when the request is cleaned.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.67% 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.

Ubuntu128 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-230.242 | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1174.187 | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ f9d03f96b988002027d4b28ea1b7a24729a4c9b5, < 882574942a9be8b9d70d13462ddacc80c4b385ba | ≥ f9d03f96b988002027d4b28ea1b7a24729a4c9b5, < c5942a14f795de957ae9d66027aac8ff4fe70057 | ≥ f9d03f96b988002027d4b28ea1b7a24729a4c9b5, < f3ab45aacd25d957547fb6d115c1574c20964b3b | ≥ f9d03f96b988002027d4b28ea1b7a24729a4c9b5, < ae84383c96d6662c24697ab6b44aae855ab670aa | ≥ f9d03f96b988002027d4b28ea1b7a24729a4c9b5, < 1b9fd1265fac85916f90b4648de02adccdb7220b | ≥ f9d03f96b988002027d4b28ea1b7a24729a4c9b5, < e5d574ab37f5f2e7937405613d9b1a724811e5ad | 4.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.10, < 5.10.237 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.164 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.101 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.42 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.11

3 vendors · 132 products

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