{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-07-12T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list",
    "id" : "2297540",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297540"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.8",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-416",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ndmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list\nUse list_for_each_entry_safe() to allow iterating through the list and\ndeleting the entry in the iteration process. The descriptor is freed via\nidxd_desc_complete() and there's a slight chance may cause issue for\nthe list iterator when the descriptor is reused by another thread\nwithout it being deleted from the list.", "A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's DMA engine component in the irq_process_work_list() function. A possible use-after-free condition can occur during list iteration, which is because a descriptor may be freed while another thread is reusing it, potentially leading to access to freed memory." ],
  "statement" : "This vulnerability is rated as a Moderate severity because, although it allows use-after-free during list processing with a low attack complexity and local access, exploitation remains limited to localized impact. The risk of descriptor reuse could affect stability but does not broadly compromise system security.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:6966",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:6966",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6267",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6268",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.rt14.367.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-13T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9546",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.44.1.el9_4"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40956\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40956\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071224-CVE-2024-40956-b65d@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-40956",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}