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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2024-40939
HistoryJul 12, 2024 - 1:15 p.m.

CVE-2024-40939

2024-07-1213:15:16
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
5
linux kernel
net wwan iosm
vulnerability fix
tainted pointer
region creation
ipc devlink create region
linux verification center
svace

EPSS

0

Percentile

15.9%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: wwan: iosm: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of region creation fail

In case of region creation fail in ipc_devlink_create_region(), previously
created regions delete process starts from tainted pointer which actually
holds error code value.
Fix this bug by decreasing region index before delete.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.