{"id":"CVE-2024-27077","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity\n\nThe entity->name (i.e","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity\n\nThe entity->name (i.e. name) is allocated in v4l2_m2m_register_entity\nbut isn't freed in its following e…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-401"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 4.19, < 4.19.311","linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.273","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.214","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.153","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.83","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.23","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.7.11","linux_kernel >= 6.8, < 6.8.2","debian_linux = 10.0"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.8.2"],"published":"2024-05-01","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:17:39.550","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27077","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0175f2d34c85744f9ad6554f696cf0afb5bd04e4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9550b032de48d6a7fa6a4ddc09699d64d9300d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd8abb0ed0e0a7c66d6d677c86ccb188cc39333","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc319cc3c4f7b74f7dfba349aa26f87efb52458","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f94b49a5b5d386c038e355bef6347298aabd211","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90029b9c979b60de5cb2b70ade4bbf61d561bc5d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c23ef30e840fedc66948299509f6c2777c9cf4f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd2a82fe300032f63f8be5d6cd6981e75f8bbf2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc866b69cc51af9b8509b4731b8ce2a4950cd0ef","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0175f2d34c85744f9ad6554f696cf0afb5bd04e4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9550b032de48d6a7fa6a4ddc09699d64d9300d","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd8abb0ed0e0a7c66d6d677c86ccb188cc39333","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc319cc3c4f7b74f7dfba349aa26f87efb52458","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f94b49a5b5d386c038e355bef6347298aabd211","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90029b9c979b60de5cb2b70ade4bbf61d561bc5d","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c23ef30e840fedc66948299509f6c2777c9cf4f","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd2a82fe300032f63f8be5d6cd6981e75f8bbf2","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc866b69cc51af9b8509b4731b8ce2a4950cd0ef","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00289,"epssPercentile":0.21335,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.676Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-09-10T15:43:52.226383Z"},"slug":"CVE-2024-27077","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity\n\nThe entity->name (i.e. name) is allocated in v4l2_m2m_register_entity\nbut isn't freed in its following error-handling paths. This patch\nadds such deallocation to prevent memleak of entity->name.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.19, < 4.19.311`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.273`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.214`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.153`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.83`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.23`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.7.11`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.8, < 6.8.2`\n- `debian_linux = 10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.8.2`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}