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CVE-2024-41073: nvme: avoid double free special payload

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-29 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: avoid double free special payload If a discard request needs to be retried, and that retry may fail before a new special payload is added, a double free will result. Clear the RQF_SPECIAL_LOAD when the request is cleaned.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 4.10 before 5.10.237; from 5.11 before 5.15.164; from 5.16 before 6.1.101; from 6.2 before 6.6.42; from 6.7 before 6.9.11 — fixed in 5.10.237, 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.237, 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9fd1265fac85916f90b4648de02adccdb7220b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/882574942a9be8b9d70d13462ddacc80c4b385ba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae84383c96d6662c24697ab6b44aae855ab670aa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5942a14f795de957ae9d66027aac8ff4fe70057
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5d574ab37f5f2e7937405613d9b1a724811e5ad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3ab45aacd25d957547fb6d115c1574c20964b3b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9fd1265fac85916f90b4648de02adccdb7220b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae84383c96d6662c24697ab6b44aae855ab670aa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5942a14f795de957ae9d66027aac8ff4fe70057
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5d574ab37f5f2e7937405613d9b1a724811e5ad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3ab45aacd25d957547fb6d115c1574c20964b3b
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

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