PT-2024-29153
CVE-2024-40937
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Published
2024-06-12
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Updated
2026-10-19
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.8
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue arises from the
gve rx free skb function incorrectly leaving napi->skb referencing an skb after it is freed with dev kfree skb any(). This can result in a subsequent call to napi get frags returning a dangling pointer. The fix involves clearing napi->skb before the skb is freed.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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