CVE-2024-40939 Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-8336542
- published 4 Nov 2024
- disclosed 28 Aug 2024
Introduced: 28 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-40939 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-rt-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:5928.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules-extra package and not the kernel-rt-modules-extra package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: wwan: iosm: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of region creation fail
In case of region creation fail in ipc_devlink_create_region(), previously created regions delete process starts from tainted pointer which actually holds error code value. Fix this bug by decreasing region index before delete.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-5928.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40939
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5928
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040d9384870386eb5dc55472ac573ac7756b2050
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a438704d19bdbe246d51d3749b6b3a8fe65afd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c9a26435413b81799047a7be53255640432547
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe394d59cdae81389dbf995e87c83c1acd120597