CVE-2024-40958
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Important: kernel security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.10 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | 5.4.279 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm |
| 8 | Fixed | kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.10.221-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.99-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5363
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b631bffcb2c09551888f3c723f4365c91fe05ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b82028a1f5ee3a8e04090776b10c534144ae77b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6cd326ead7c8bb1f64486789a01974a9f1ad55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3af28df0d883e8c89a29ac31bc65f9023485743b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb7f811f638a14590ff98f53c6dd1fb54627d940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef0394ca25953ea0eddcc82feae1f750451f1876
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff960f9d3edbe08a736b5a224d91a305ccc946b0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7000
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7001
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40958.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5363
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-40958
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7000
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258012
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258013
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2260038
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265799
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265838
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266358
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266750
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.