What is CVE-2024-40999?

CVE-2024-40999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40999?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-40999

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency Validate that `first` flag is set only for the first descriptor in multi-buffer packets. In case of an in…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.7th 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 1738cd3ed342294360d6a74d4e58800004bff854, 4.9, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40999?: CVE-2024-40999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40999?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.