Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-07-12T12:25:15.148Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T21:58:06.908Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-40939 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-40939.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040d9384870386eb5dc55472ac573ac7756b2050 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a438704d19bdbe246d51d3749b6b3a8fe65afd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c9a26435413b81799047a7be53255640432547 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe394d59cdae81389dbf995e87c83c1acd120597 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071218-CVE-2024-40939-a56c@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40939 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40939 cve-icon
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