CVE-2024-35972

FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-35972 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bnxt_en driver, specifically within the bnxt_rdma_aux_device_init() function, affecting Linux and Linux kernel products. The vulnerability occurs when kzalloc() fails, leading to an unassigned and unfreeable allocated device. It is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) with a local attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 5.5, < 5.10.216CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 5.11, < 5.15.158CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 5.16, < 6.1.87CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 6.2, < 6.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 6.7, < 6.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.22%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

13.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.