CVE-2024-40936: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region() Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.3, before 6.6.35 (fixed in 6.6.35); from 6.7, before 6.9.6 (fixed in 6.9.6); version 6.10 only

Published 2024-07-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.