CVE-2024-40990

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the RDMA/mlx5 component of the Linux kernel. The max sge attribute, which is passed by the user, is inserted and used without proper checks, allowing a potential attacker to cause a denial of service by exceeding the maximum allowed value.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.