Name | CVE-2024-40940 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-5731-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable | |
stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable | |
buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | vulnerable | |
bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 6.11.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
linux | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
linux | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
linux | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.99-1 | DSA-5731-1 | ||
linux | source | (unstable) | 6.9.7-1 |
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/229bedbf62b13af5aba6525ad10b62ad38d9ccb5 (6.10-rc3)