# CVE-2024-41073: nvme: avoid double free special payload

> A double free vulnerability in the Linux kernel NVMe driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted discard requests.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-47997, BELL-CVE-2024-41073, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41073, GHSA-q423-q7jg-m3rq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41073

## What is CVE-2024-41073?

CVE-2024-41073 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme: avoid double free special payload

If a discard request needs to be retried, and that retry may fail before
a new special payload is added, a double free will result. Clear the
RQF_SPECIAL_LOAD when the request is cleaned.

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41073?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41073?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41073 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41073/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41073

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41073/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.