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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2024:5928 2024-08-28T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2024:5928 2024-08-28T00:00:00Z
References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040d9384870386eb5dc55472ac573ac7756b2050 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a438704d19bdbe246d51d3749b6b3a8fe65afd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c9a26435413b81799047a7be53255640432547 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe394d59cdae81389dbf995e87c83c1acd120597 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071218-CVE-2024-40939-a56c@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40939 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40939 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00163}

 epss

{'score': 0.0015}

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:18:23.169Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.586Z

Link: CVE-2024-40939

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:39:55.776Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-12T13:15:16.320

Modified: 2025-09-17T15:26:02.813

Link: CVE-2024-40939

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-40939 - Bugzilla