CVE-2024-41087: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-core: Fix double free on error If e.g.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-core: Fix double free on error If e.g.

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(). devres_release_group() will trigger a call to ata_host_release(). ata_host_release() calls kfree(host), so executing the kfree(host) in ata_host_alloc() will lead to a double free: kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:553! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 11 PID: 599 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #47 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0 Code: 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 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000f377f0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff888112b1f2c0 RBX: ffff888112b1f2c0 RCX: ffff888112b1f320 RDX: 000000000000400b RSI: ffffffffc02c9de5 RDI: ffff888112b1f2c0 RBP: ffffc90000f37830 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffc90000f37610 R11: 617461203a736b6e R12: ffffea00044ac780 R13: ffff888100046400 R14: ffffffffc02c9de5 R15: 0000000000000006 FS: 00007f2f1cabe980(0000) GS:ffff88813b380000(0000) k

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.24%, higher than 15% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 10, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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