CVE-2024-27078: Linux kernel · media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in 4.4.0-1148.154 : update Linux kernel when convenient.
Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 19:04 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 4.4.0-1148.154, 4.15.0-1196.211~14.04.1, 4.4.0-273.307~14.04.1 +87
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 May 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 12 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Patches and advisories
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6816-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6828-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-3 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-3 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-4 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6871-1 (opens in a new tab)
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinuxpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-awspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azurepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-gcppkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-gkepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gke?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-ibmpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-ibm?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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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.
References
- ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27078 (opens in a new tab)
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27078 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/linus/8cf9c5051076e0eb958f4361d50d8b0c3ee6691c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de691ff547d86dd54c24b40a81f9c925df8dd77 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8269ab16415f2065cd792c49b0475543936cbd79 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94303a06e1852a366e9671fff46d19459f88cb28 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/770a57922ce36a8476c43f7400b6501c554ea511 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf5c2fade8ed53b2d26fa9875e5b04f36c7145d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c86c772fef06f5d7a66151bac42366825db0941 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/31096da07933598da8522c54bd007376fb152a09 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/622b1cf38521569869c8f7b9fbe9e4f1a289add7 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf9c5051076e0eb958f4361d50d8b0c3ee6691c (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6816-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6828-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-2 (opens in a new tab)