github - ghsa-cww8-qc9w-3hxp

GHSA-CWW8-QC9W-3HXP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Show details on source website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-40990"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:20Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute\n\nmax_sge attribute is passed by the user, and is inserted and used\nunchecked, so verify that the value doesn\u0027t exceed maximum allowed value\nbefore using it.",
  "id": "GHSA-cww8-qc9w-3hxp",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:57Z",
  "published": "2024-07-12T15:31:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40990"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e692244bf7dd827dd72edc6c4a3b36ae572f03c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ab7ada64caf08f10ee5a114d39964d1f91e81d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab99e3613139f026d2d8ba954819e2876120ab3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7186b81c1f15e39069b1af172c6a951728ed3511"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999586418600b4b3b93c2a0edd3a4ca71ee759bf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0deb0e9c967b61420235f7f17a4450b4b4d6ce2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2024-40990 (GCVE-0-2024-40990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-12 12:37 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:58

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7186b81c1f15e3906…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e692244bf7dd827d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999586418600b4b3b…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0deb0e9c967b6142…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab99e3613139f026…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ab7ada64caf08f1…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 7186b81c1f15e39069b1af172c6a951728ed3511 (git)
Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 1e692244bf7dd827dd72edc6c4a3b36ae572f03c (git)
Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 999586418600b4b3b93c2a0edd3a4ca71ee759bf (git)
Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < e0deb0e9c967b61420235f7f17a4450b4b4d6ce2 (git)
Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 4ab99e3613139f026d2d8ba954819e2876120ab3 (git)
Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 36ab7ada64caf08f10ee5a114d39964d1f91e81d (git)

Linux

Affected: 3.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.221 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.162 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.96 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.36 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.9.7 , ≤ 6.9.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.10 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T21:58:55.239Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7186b81c1f15e39069b1af172c6a951728ed3511"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e692244bf7dd827dd72edc6c4a3b36ae572f03c"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999586418600b4b3b93c2a0edd3a4ca71ee759bf"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0deb0e9c967b61420235f7f17a4450b4b4d6ce2"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab99e3613139f026d2d8ba954819e2876120ab3"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ab7ada64caf08f10ee5a114d39964d1f91e81d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      },
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2024-40990",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-09-10T17:01:51.391484Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-09-11T17:34:20.373Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/srq.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "7186b81c1f15e39069b1af172c6a951728ed3511",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "1e692244bf7dd827dd72edc6c4a3b36ae572f03c",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "999586418600b4b3b93c2a0edd3a4ca71ee759bf",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "e0deb0e9c967b61420235f7f17a4450b4b4d6ce2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "4ab99e3613139f026d2d8ba954819e2876120ab3",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "36ab7ada64caf08f10ee5a114d39964d1f91e81d",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/srq.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.11"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "3.11",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.10.221",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.15.162",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.1.96",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.6.36",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.9.7",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.10",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.221",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "3.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.162",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "3.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.96",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "3.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.36",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "3.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.9.7",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "3.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.10",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "3.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute\n\nmax_sge attribute is passed by the user, and is inserted and used\nunchecked, so verify that the value doesn\u0027t exceed maximum allowed value\nbefore using it."
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-05-04T09:19:29.171Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7186b81c1f15e39069b1af172c6a951728ed3511"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e692244bf7dd827dd72edc6c4a3b36ae572f03c"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999586418600b4b3b93c2a0edd3a4ca71ee759bf"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0deb0e9c967b61420235f7f17a4450b4b4d6ce2"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab99e3613139f026d2d8ba954819e2876120ab3"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ab7ada64caf08f10ee5a114d39964d1f91e81d"
        }
      ],
      "title": "RDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2024-40990",
    "datePublished": "2024-07-12T12:37:34.485Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-07-12T12:17:45.605Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T21:58:55.239Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

GHSA-CWW8-QC9W-3HXP

CVE-2024-40990 (GCVE-0-2024-40990)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature