What is CVE-2024-40938?

CVE-2024-40938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40938?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-40938

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: landlock: Fix d_parent walk The WARN_ON_ONCE() in collect_domain_accesses() can be triggered when trying to link a root mount point. This cannot work in practice becaus…

EPSS: 0.002 (16.1th 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 b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7, 5.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.10

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40938?: CVE-2024-40938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.