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CVE-2024-40939 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040d9384870386eb5dc55472ac573ac7756b2050
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a438704d19bdbe246d51d3749b6b3a8fe65afd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c9a26435413b81799047a7be53255640432547
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe394d59cdae81389dbf995e87c83c1acd120597

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-40939
NVD Published Date:
07/12/2024
NVD Last Modified:
07/12/2024
Source:
kernel.org