CVE-2024-40940 (GCVE-0-2024-40940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-12 12:25
Modified
2025-11-03 21:58
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 352899f384d4aefa77ede6310d08c1b515612a8f
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