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CVE-2024-27078
Linux Linux — media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0029 20.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 – —
Linux 3.18 – 4.19.311
TIMELINE
Feb 19 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Oct 15 ENRICHED — CVE-2024-27078 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc
In tpg_alloc, resources should be deallocated in each and every
error-handling paths, since they are allocated in for statements.
Otherwise there would be memleaks because tpg_free is called only when
tpg_alloc return 0.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 19, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| October 15, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2024-27078 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 3.18 | 4.19.311 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-27078 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.