CVE-2024-40921

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: mst: pass vlan group directly to br_mst_vlan_set_state Pass the already obtained vlan group pointer to br_mst_vlan_set_state() instead of dereferencing it again. Each caller has already correctly dereferenced it for their context. This change is required for the following suspicious RCU dereference fix. No functional changes intended.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 21.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.1.93 - 6.1.95linux
linux/Kernel 6.6.33 - 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.3 - 6.9.6linux
Linux/Linux 3a7c1661ae1383364cd6092d851f5e5da64d476b - 36c92936e868601fa1f43da6758cf55805043509
Linux/Linux 4488617e5e995a09abe4d81add5fb165674edb59 - a6cc9e9a651b9861efa068c164ee62dfba68c6ca
Linux/Linux 6.1.93 - 6.1.95
Linux/Linux 6.6.33 - 6.6.35
Linux/Linux 6.8.12 - 6.9
Linux/Linux 6.9.3 - 6.9.6
Linux/Linux 8ca9a750fc711911ef616ceb627d07357b04545e - 09f4337c27f5bdeb8646a6db91488cc2f7d537ff
... and 4 more
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026