CVE-2024-43913
mediumIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting Drivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a suc…
Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel
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
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-08-26 11:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
linux / linux_kernel <6.10.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9e4e99dcc0d30160d65044f54a92ff6372c90d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗