{"cve":"CVE-2024-39489","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-10T08:15:11.110","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:34.287","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo\n\nseg6_hmac_init_algo returns without cleaning up the previous allocations\nif one fails, so it's going to leak all that memory and the crypto tfms.\n\nUpdate seg6_hmac_exit to only free the memory when allocated, so we can\nreuse the code directly.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e44d6cbe8de983470c3d2f978649783384fdcb6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a3fcf53725b70010d1cf869a2ba549fed6b8fb3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/599a5654215092ac22bfc453f4fd3959c55ea821","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61d31ac85b4572d11f8071855c0ccb4f32d76c0c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd5730969aec960a2fee4e5ee839a6014643976"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-39489","score":0.00239,"percentile":0.14827,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}