CVE-2024-40940 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the net/mlx5 driver. It involves a use-after-free error (CWE-415) where a "tainted pointer" is deleted multiple times if flow rule creation fails in mlx5_lag_create_port_sel_table(). This local vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows an attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.19, < 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.