CVE-2024-40994: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.14, 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 2026-06-17.