CVE-2024-27064: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix a memory leak in nf_tables_updchain If nft_netdev_register_hooks() fails, the memory associated with nft_stats is not freed, causing a memory leak. This patch fixes it by moving nft_stats_alloc() down after nft_netdev_register_hooks() succeeds.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.3.3, before 6.4 (fixed in 6.4); from 6.4, 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.