# CVE-2024-41087: ata: libata-core: Fix double free on error

> A double free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's libata-core module can cause a system crash when specific error conditions occur during host allocation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-47465, BELL-CVE-2024-41087, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41087, GHSA-x35g-752c-r3xh, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41087

## What is CVE-2024-41087?

CVE-2024-41087 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

ata: libata-core: Fix double free on error

If e.g. the ata_port_alloc() call in ata_host_alloc() fails, we will jump
to the err_out label, which will call devres_release_group().
devres_release_group() will trigger a call to ata_host_release().
ata_host_release() calls kfree(host), so executing the kfree(host) in
ata_host_alloc() will lead to a double free:

kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:553!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 11 PID: 599 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #47
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0
Code: 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 80 d6 ff ff 4d 89 f1 41 b8 01 00 00 00 48 89 d9 48 89 da
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000f377f0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff888112b1f2c0 RBX: ffff888112b1f2c0 RCX: ffff888112b1f320
RDX: 000000000000400b RSI: ffffffffc02c9de5 RDI: ffff888112b1f2c0
RBP: ffffc90000f37830 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90000f37610 R11: 617461203a736b6e R12: ffffea00044ac780
R13: ffff888100046400 R14: ffffffffc02c9de5 R15: 0000000000000006
FS:  00007f2f1cabe980(0000) GS:ffff88813b380000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f2f1c3acf75 CR3: 0000000111724000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27
 ? die+0x2e/0x50
 ? do_trap+0xca/0x110
 ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90
 ? kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0
 ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70
 ? kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0
 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
 ? ata_host_alloc+0xf5/0x120 [libata]
 ? ata_host_alloc+0xf5/0x120 [libata]
 ? kfree+0x2cf/0x2f0
 ata_host_alloc+0xf5/0x120 [libata]
 ata_host_alloc_pinfo+0x14/0xa0 [libata]
 ahci_init_one+0x6c9/0xd20 [ahci]

Ensure that we will not call kfree(host) twice, by performing the kfree()
only if the devres_open_group() call failed.

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41087?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41087?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41087 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41087 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41087 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41087 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41087 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2024-41087/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41087/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41087
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41087
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41087

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