Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2024· Updated Nov 3, 2025
net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail
CVE-2024-40940
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail
In case of flow rule creation fail in mlx5_lag_create_port_sel_table(), instead of previously created rules, the tainted pointer is deleted deveral times. Fix this bug by using correct flow rules pointers.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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Affected products
97- osv-coords95 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