CVE-2024-40940

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

published July 12, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00259 · 16.6th percentile
Published
2024-07-12T12:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 12:25Z
    net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail
    cvelistv5