Security Advisory

CVE-2024-40940

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-07-12 12:25:15

Last updated 2026-05-11 20:22:47

Assigner Linux

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

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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