5.5

CVE-2024-43871: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43871DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43871
Published 21-08-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43871 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 35 · Related 27
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310RHSA-2024:7000RHSA-2024:7001

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() It will cause memory leakage when use driver API devm_free_percpu() to free memory allocated by devm_alloc_percpu(), fixed by using devres_release() instead of devres_destroy() within devm_free_percpu().

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < 700e8abd65b10792b2f179ce4e858f2ca2880f85 | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < b044588a16a978cd891cb3d665dd7ae06850d5bf | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < ef56dcdca8f2a53abc3a83d388b8336447533d85 | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < 3047f99caec240a88ccd06197af2868da1af6a96 | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < 3dcd0673e47664bc6c719ad47dadac6d55d5950d | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < b67552d7c61f52f1271031adfa7834545ae99701 | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < 95065edb8ebb27771d5f1e898eef6ab43dc6c87c | ≥ ff86aae3b4112b85d2231c23bccbc49589df1c06, < bd50a974097bb82d52a458bd3ee39fb723129a0c | 4.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.10, < 4.19.320 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.282 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.103 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.44 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.3-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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