VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-40920

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-07-12
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: mst: fix suspicious rcu usage in br_mst_set_state I converted br_mst_set_state to RCU to avoid a vlan use-after-free but forgot to change the vlan group dereference helper. Switch to vlan group RCU deref helper to fix the suspicious rcu usage warning.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references