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CVE-2024-40939— net: wwan: iosm: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of region creation fail

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel 存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于 net:wwan:iosm 组件在区域创建失败时，使用错误代码值的污点指针进行删除操作，导致潜在的指针错误。

AI Predicted 4.4 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.26% · P17

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 10

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 4dcd183fbd67b105decc8be262311937730ccdbf< fe394d59cdae81389dbf995e87c83c1acd120597 affected
4dcd183fbd67b105decc8be262311937730ccdbf< 040d9384870386eb5dc55472ac573ac7756b2050 affected
4dcd183fbd67b105decc8be262311937730ccdbf< 37a438704d19bdbe246d51d3749b6b3a8fe65afd affected
4dcd183fbd67b105decc8be262311937730ccdbf< b0c9a26435413b81799047a7be53255640432547 affected
5.16 affected
< 5.16 unaffected
6.1.95≤ 6.1.* unaffected
6.6.35≤ 6.6.* unaffected
… +2 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2024-40939

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
net: wwan: iosm: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of region creation fail
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel 存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于 net:wwan:iosm 组件在区域创建失败时，使用错误代码值的污点指针进行删除操作，导致潜在的指针错误。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 4dcd183fbd67b105decc8be262311937730ccdbf ~ fe394d59cdae81389dbf995e87c83c1acd120597 -
Linux Linux 5.16 -

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Other References for CVE-2024-40939 (4)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2024-07-12 · 122 CVEs total

CVE-2024-40999 9.8 CRITICAL net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency
CVE-2024-40907 9.8 CRITICAL ionic: fix kernel panic in XDP_TX action
CVE-2024-40923 9.8 CRITICAL vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure
CVE-2024-40983 9.8 CRITICAL tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption
CVE-2024-40937 9.8 CRITICAL gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any()
CVE-2024-40910 8.8 HIGH ax25: Fix refcount imbalance on inbound connections
CVE-2024-40911 8.8 HIGH wifi: cfg80211: Lock wiphy in cfg80211_get_station
CVE-2024-40941 8.1 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't read past the mfuart notifcation
CVE-2024-40953 7.9 HIGH KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()
CVE-2024-40954 7.8 HIGH net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails
CVE-2024-40918 7.8 HIGH parisc: Try to fix random segmentation faults in package builds
CVE-2024-40924 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable
CVE-2024-40925 7.8 HIGH block: fix request.queuelist usage in flush
CVE-2024-40943 7.8 HIGH ocfs2: fix races between hole punching and AIO+DIO
CVE-2024-40947 7.8 HIGH ima: Avoid blocking in RCU read-side critical section
CVE-2024-40949 7.8 HIGH mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio
CVE-2024-40990 7.8 HIGH RDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute
CVE-2024-40986 7.8 HIGH dmaengine: xilinx: xdma: Fix data synchronisation in xdma_channel_isr()
CVE-2024-40989 7.8 HIGH KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown
CVE-2024-40984 7.8 HIGH ACPICA: Revert "ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine."

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