{"cve":"CVE-2024-53202","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T14:15:27.970","modified":"2026-06-17T08:08:34.843","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info()\n\nThe alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise\nthere may be resource leak here.\n\nTo mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc\nfails.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/369a9c046c2fdfe037f05b43b84c386bdbccc103","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789a72498d32f88d24371c10985aceb46397056c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb5d67d00ad17a5bd0920f455160dc2ccbd2dc78","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f380f895dbb2a11d62ca6df9e82d995f4bc26b84"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53202","score":0.00223,"percentile":0.12979,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}