What is CVE-2024-40923?

CVE-2024-40923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40923?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-40923

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure When vmxnet3_rq_create() fails to allocate memory for rq->data_ring.base, the subsequent call to vmxnet3_rq_destr…

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6f4833383e8514ea796d094e05c24889b8997fde, 6.3, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.3, 6.10

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40923?: CVE-2024-40923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40923?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.