CVE-2024-40939 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:7.3.0-427.33.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-7852516
  • published30 Aug 2024
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40939  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:7.3.0-427.33.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-5928.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.

CVSS Scores

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