CVE-2024-27078 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime65 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.0OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateFeb 12

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc In tpg_alloc, resources should be deallocated in each and every error-handling paths, since they are allocated in for statements. Otherwise there would be memleaks because tpg_free is called only when tpg_alloc return 0.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.18 — 4.19.311+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.216-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-189.209+4
▶CVEListV5linux/linux63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 — 0de691ff547d86dd54c24b40a81f9c925df8dd77+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.85-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

31
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-02-12
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OSV
linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-02-11
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15 vulnerabilities↗2026-02-05
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OSV
linux-aws-fips, linux-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-01-29
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2026-01-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

32
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-12
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-11
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2026-02-05
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-01-29
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2026-01-29
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2024-27078 kernel: media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc↗2024-05-01
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CVE-2024-27078 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase