CVE-2024-40992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's RDMA/rxe component, specifically affecting the handling of UD request packets. It stems from a regression where oversized packets can cause UD QPs to transition into an ERROR state, violating the IBA specification for silently dropping invalid requests. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), an attacker with local access could trigger a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.2, < 6.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7, < 6.9.7CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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