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CVE-2024-43913: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43913DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43913
Published 26-08-2024Last modified 30-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43913 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
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 13 · Related 13
SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting Drivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a successful nvme_init_ctrl. Split the allocation side out to make the error handling boundary easier to navigate. The apple driver had been doing this wrong, leaking the controller device memory on a tagset failure.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% 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: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3, < 0c9e4e99dcc0d30160d65044f54a92ff6372c90d | ≥ 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3, < f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad | ≥ 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3, < d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d | ≥ 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3, < b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210 | 5.19
  • linux_kernel< 6.10.5
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.10.6-1

3 vendors · 97 products

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