Bug 2297524 (CVE-2024-40940) - CVE-2024-40940 kernel: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail
Summary: CVE-2024-40940 kernel: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow r...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-40940
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2024-07-12 13:36 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-11-12 09:36 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.1.95, kernel 6.6.35, kernel 6.9.6, kernel 6.10-rc3
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:9315 0 None None None 2024-11-12 09:36:12 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-12 13:36:43 UTC 
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.
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:36:12 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:9315 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315
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