CVE-2024-40961
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
RHSA-2024:8870: kernel-rt security update (Moderate)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.99-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.221-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.9.7-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.4.279 | |
| linux-kernel | 6.10 | affected | |
| almalinux | 8 | fixed | kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm |
| rhel | 8 | fixed | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5363
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eab4543a2204092c3a7af81d7d6c506e59a03a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3200ffeec4d59aad5bc9ca75d2c1fae47c0aeade
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdfe813015d5a24586bd0a84fa0fa6eb0a1f668
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b9a55e2e35ea846d41f4efdc29d23345bd1aa4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae8d3d39efe366c2198f530e01e4bf07830bf403
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6947723c9eabcab58cfb33cdb0a565a6aee6727
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5ad4d45cd0128a2a37555f48ab69aa19d78adc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8870
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8856
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40961.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5363
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-40961
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8856
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266247
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269183
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2275750
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2277168
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278262
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278350
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278387
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.