CVE-2024-40990: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute max_sge attribute is passed by the user, and is inserted and used unchecked, so verify that the value doesn't exceed maximum allowed value before using it.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.11, before 5.10.221 (fixed in 5.10.221); from 5.11, before 5.15.162 (fixed in 5.15.162); from 5.16, before 6.1.96 (fixed in 6.1.96); from 6.2, before 6.6.36 (fixed in 6.6.36); from 6.7, before 6.9.7 (fixed in 6.9.7); version 6.10 only

Published 2024-07-12. Last modified 2026-08-04.