Resource Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-zfcpdump-modules-partner (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULESPARTNER-7476714
- published17 Jul 2024
- disclosed12 Jul 2024
Introduced: 12 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-40940 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump-modules-partner package and not the kernel-zfcpdump-modules-partner package as distributed by RHEL.
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