{"id":"CVE-2024-43913","title":"nvme: apple: fix device reference counting","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: apple: fix device reference counting\n\nDrivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a successful nvme_init_ctrl.\nSplit the allocation side out to make the error handli…","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < 0c9e4e99dcc0d30160d65044f54a92ff6372c90d","Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad","Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d","Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210","Linux 5.19"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-09-10T15:28:07.669349Z"},"published":"2024-08-26","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:19:07.649Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43913","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9e4e99dcc0d30160d65044f54a92ff6372c90d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00223,"epssPercentile":0.12936,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-03T13:45:42.688Z","slug":"CVE-2024-43913","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: apple: fix device reference counting\n\nDrivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a successful nvme_init_ctrl.\nSplit the allocation side out to make the error handling boundary easier\nto navigate. The apple driver had been doing this wrong, leaking the\ncontroller device memory on a tagset failure.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < 0c9e4e99dcc0d30160d65044f54a92ff6372c90d`\n- `Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad`\n- `Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d`\n- `Linux >= 5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 < b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210`\n- `Linux 5.19`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}