CVE-2024-43861: 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: net: usb: qmi_wwan: fix memory leak for not ip packets Free the unused skb when not ip packets arrive.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.12, before 4.19.320 (fixed in 4.19.320); from 4.20, before 5.4.282 (fixed in 5.4.282); from 5.5, before 5.10.224 (fixed in 5.10.224); from 5.11, before 5.15.165 (fixed in 5.15.165); from 5.16, before 6.1.105 (fixed in 6.1.105); from 6.2, before 6.6.46 (fixed in 6.6.46); …

Published 2024-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.