CVE-2024-40937: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any() gve_rx_free_skb incorrectly leaves napi->skb referencing an skb after it is freed with dev_kfree_skb_any(). This can result in a subsequent call to napi_get_frags returning a dangling pointer. Fix this by clearing napi->skb before the skb is freed.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.14, before 5.15.162 (fixed in 5.15.162); from 5.16, before 6.1.95 (fixed in 6.1.95); from 6.2, 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 2026-08-04.