{"id":"CVE-2024-41087","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-41087","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:14:22.953Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-core: Fix double free on error If e.g. the ata_port_alloc() call in ata_host_alloc() fails, we will jump to the err_out label, which will call devres_release_group().…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nata: libata-core: Fix double free on error\n\nIf e.g. the ata_port_alloc() call in ata_host_alloc() fails, we will jump\nto the err_out label, which will call devres_release_group().\ndevres_release_group() will trigger a call to ata_host_release().\nata_host_release() calls kfree(host), so executing the kfree(host) in\nata_host_alloc() will lead to a double free:\n\nkernel BUG at mm/slub.c:553!\nOops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 11 PID: 599 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #47\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0\nCode: 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 80 d6 ff ff 4d 89 f1 41 b8 01 00 00 00 48 89 d9 48 89 da\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000f377f0 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: ffff888112b1f2c0 RBX: ffff888112b1f2c0 RCX: ffff888112b1f320\nRDX: 000000000000400b RSI: ffffffffc02c9de5 RDI: ffff888112b1f2c0\nRBP: ffffc90000f37830 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: ffffc90000f37610 R11: 617461203a736b6e R12: ffffea00044ac780\nR13: ffff888100046400 R14: ffffffffc02c9de5 R15: 0000000000000006\nFS:  00007f2f1cabe980(0000) GS:ffff88813b380000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f2f1c3acf75 CR3: 0000000111724000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27\n ? die+0x2e/0x50\n ? do_trap+0xca/0x110\n ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90\n ? kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0\n ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70\n ? kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0\n ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20\n ? ata_host_alloc+0xf5/0x120 [libata]\n ? ata_host_alloc+0xf5/0x120 [libata]\n ? kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0\n ata_host_alloc+0xf5/0x120 [libata]\n ata_host_alloc_pinfo+0x14/0xa0 [libata]\n ahci_init_one+0x6c9/0xd20 [ahci]\n\nEnsure that we will not call kfree(host) twice, by performing the kfree()\nonly if the devres_open_group() call failed.","published":"2024-07-29T16:15:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-04T11:19:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00244,"percentile":0.1545,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010de9acbea58fbcbda08e3793d6262086a493fe","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/062e256516d7db5e7dcdef117f52025cd5c456e3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290073b2b557e4dc21ee74a1e403d9ae79e393a2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56f1c7e290cd6c69c948fcd2e2a49e6a637ec38f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dde5f8b790274723640d29a07c5a97d57d62047","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/702c1edbafb2e6f9d20f6d391273b5be09d366a5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8106da4d88bbaed809e023cc8014b766223d6e76","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab9e0c529eb7cafebdd31fe1644524e80a48b05d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010de9acbea58fbcbda08e3793d6262086a493fe","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/062e256516d7db5e7dcdef117f52025cd5c456e3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290073b2b557e4dc21ee74a1e403d9ae79e393a2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56f1c7e290cd6c69c948fcd2e2a49e6a637ec38f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dde5f8b790274723640d29a07c5a97d57d62047","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/702c1edbafb2e6f9d20f6d391273b5be09d366a5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8106da4d88bbaed809e023cc8014b766223d6e76","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab9e0c529eb7cafebdd31fe1644524e80a48b05d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41087","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}