CVE-2024-41073

kernel: nvme: avoid double free special payload

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 29, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NVMe component. This vulnerability is due to a double free error that occurs when a discard request needs to be retried and fails before a new special payload is added. A local attacker could exploit this memory corruption issue to cause a denial of service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-1341 · Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle