CVE-2024-27054: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/dasd: fix double module refcount decrement Once the discipline is associated with the device, deleting the device takes care of decrementing the module's refcount. Doing it manually on this error path causes refcount to artificially decrease on each error while it should just stay the same.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.9, before 5.15.153 (fixed in 5.15.153); from 5.16, before 6.1.83 (fixed in 6.1.83); from 6.2, before 6.6.23 (fixed in 6.6.23); from 6.7, before 6.7.11 (fixed in 6.7.11); from 6.8, before 6.8.2 (fixed in 6.8.2)

Published 2024-05-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.