# CVE-2024-43913: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.64, 6.10.5
- Published: 2024-08-26 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.19.0, fixed in 6.6.64; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.10.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: apple: fix device reference counting Drivers must call nvme_uninit_ctrl after a successful nvme_init_ctrl. Split the allocation side out to make the error handling boundary easier to navigate. The apple driver had been doing this wrong, leaking the controller device memory on a tagset failure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.64, 6.10.5) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9e4e99dcc0d30160d65044f54a92ff6372c90d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d9a18572fcd7130459b7691bd19ee2a2e951ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59c4d0eb6adc24c2201f153ccb7fd0a335b0d3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ecbfa45516182cd062fecd286db7907ba84210

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