CVE-2024-40940 — Double Free in Linux

CWE-415 — Double FreeCWE-99 — Resource Injection19 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 12
Latest updateSep 23

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.19 — 6.1.95+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.99-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-44.44
▶CVEListV5linux/linux352899f384d4aefa77ede6310d08c1b515612a8f — 531eab2da27dd42d68dfb841d82e987f4a6738b8+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

9
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8↗2024-09-23
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2024-09-23
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OSV
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2024-09-13
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OSV
linux-nvidia-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2024-09-13
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OSV
linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities↗2024-09-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-09-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-09-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-09-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-09-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-09-12
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