Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-40937

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Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-40937

Published: July 13, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94289
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40937
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Public Cloud Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_225-default
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_200-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_200-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_51-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_47-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-preempt
kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-preempt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_29-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_64-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_64-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default
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kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_17-default
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kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_3-debugsource
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ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
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kernel-default-man
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kernel-default
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kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
reiserfs-kmp-default
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kernel-preempt-debugsource
kernel-preempt-devel
kernel-preempt-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-preempt
kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-debug
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dtb-allwinner
dtb-al
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-freescale
dtb-cavium
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-amd
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-hisilicon
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-rockchip
dtb-exynos
dtb-renesas
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-zte
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-sprd
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-nvidia
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
dtb-amlogic
dtb-altera
dtb-xilinx
dtb-arm
dtb-marvell
reiserfs-kmp-preempt
kernel-preempt-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-preempt
cluster-md-kmp-preempt
kernel-preempt-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-preempt
dlm-kmp-preempt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-preempt
kernel-preempt-optional
gfs2-kmp-preempt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-preempt
kernel-preempt-extra
cluster-md-kmp-preempt-debuginfo
dtb-aarch64
dtb-apm
dtb-socionext
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
dtb-broadcom
dtb-lg
dtb-qcom
dlm-kmp-64kb
dtb-mediatek
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-preempt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-preempt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-preempt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-preempt-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-docs-html
dtb-amazon
dtb-apple
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
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cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1035-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1052-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
kernel-headers
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-aws (Ubuntu package)
PowerStore T
Storage Resource Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)
Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a double free error within the gve_rx_skb_hash() and gve_rx_poll_dqo() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-40937

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources