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.
CVE-2024-43913
CVSS base score
7.0 (v3.1)
Severity
HIGH
Attack vector
Local
Weakness
CWE-401
Last modified
October 30, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
linux linux kernel
References
- git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org Patch
- git.kernel.org Patch
- git.kernel.org