CVE-2024-40906 is a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mlx5 network driver. It occurs during driver removal if the teardown_hca function fails, leading to the health timer continuing to operate on freed resources and causing a page fault (kernel crash). This vulnerability is rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.1, < 6.1.95CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2, < 6.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7, < 6.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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