CVE-2024-40978
high
CVSS v3
7.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.1
Description
RHSA-2024:7001: kernel-rt security update (Important)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
70%
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 | | |
| 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 | 4.19.317 | |
| almalinux | 8 | fixed | kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm |
| rhel | 8 | fixed | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5928
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144d76a676b630e321556965011b00e2de0b40a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21c963de2e86e88f6a8ca556bcebb8e62ab8e901
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28027ec8e32ecbadcd67623edb290dad61e735b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/397a8990c377ee4b61d6df768e61dff9e316d46b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56bec63a7fc87ad50b3373a87517dc9770eef9e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f433ea7d0ff77998766a088a287337fb43ad75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaddb86637669f6bad89245ee63f8fb2bfb50241
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa85b016a56b9775a3fe41e5d26e666945963b46
- 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7000
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7001
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40978.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-40978
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7000
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258012
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258013
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2260038
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265799
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265838
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266358
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266750
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267036
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.