CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-40940
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail
In case of flow rule creation fail in mlx5_lag_create_port_sel_table(),
instead of previously created rules, the tainted pointer is deleted
deveral times.
Fix this bug by using correct flow rules pointers.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.19 < 6.1.95)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.35)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.9.6)
• linux linux kernel 6.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-415 Double Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229bedbf62b13af5aba6525ad10b62ad38d9ccb5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531eab2da27dd42d68dfb841d82e987f4a6738b8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03a3fa12769e25f4385bee587afe1445aee7f7a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d857df86837ac1c30592e8a068204d16feac9930 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229bedbf62b13af5aba6525ad10b62ad38d9ccb5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531eab2da27dd42d68dfb841d82e987f4a6738b8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03a3fa12769e25f4385bee587afe1445aee7f7a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d857df86837ac1c30592e8a068204d16feac9930 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html lists.debian.org