Resource Injection Affecting perf package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-7513383
- published 17 Jul 2024
- disclosed 12 Jul 2024
Introduced: 12 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-40940 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 perf.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229bedbf62b13af5aba6525ad10b62ad38d9ccb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531eab2da27dd42d68dfb841d82e987f4a6738b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03a3fa12769e25f4385bee587afe1445aee7f7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d857df86837ac1c30592e8a068204d16feac9930