CVE-2024-40940

net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail

EPSS 0.3%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

12 Jul 2024Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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 products

Linux · Linux

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References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229bedbf62b13af5aba6525ad10b62ad38d9ccb5 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531eab2da27dd42d68dfb841d82e987f4a6738b8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03a3fa12769e25f4385bee587afe1445aee7f7a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d857df86837ac1c30592e8a068204d16feac9930 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html