ghsa-cww8-qc9w-3hxp
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-07-12 15:31
Modified
2025-10-06 21:30
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-40990"
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-cww8-qc9w-3hxp",
  "modified": "2025-10-06T21:30:28Z",
  "published": "2024-07-12T15:31:29Z",
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