CVE-2024-40940

net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail

Published: 7/12/2024 Last updated: 11/3/2025 Reserved: 7/12/2024

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.

CNA assigner: Linux (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (27)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (2)

Product	Vendor	Version
Linux	Linux	Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
Linux	Linux	< 2023.1

CVE-2024-40940

net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail

Opam packages affected (27)

Products affected (2)

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