PT-2024-28063 · Linux+10 · Linux Kernel+10

Published

2024-05-07

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Updated

2026-05-26

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CVE-2024-38540

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.9.0-rc6+
Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, specifically in the bnxt re module. The issue is related to undefined behavior when the bnxt qplib alloc init hwq function is called with hwq attr->aux depth != 0 and hwq attr->aux stride == 0. This triggers a call to roundup pow of two(hwq attr->aux stride), which is documented as undefined for 0. The vulnerability was detected by UBSAN (Undefined Behavior Sanitizer).
Recommendations To resolve this issue, update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix for this vulnerability. Specifically, update to a version later than 6.9.0-rc6+.
Note: The provided input descriptions do not specify the exact fixed version, but it is mentioned that the issue is resolved in version 6.9.0-rc6+. Therefore, updating to a version later than this should resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:5928
ALSA-2024:8856
ALSA-2024:8870
ALSA-2025_16880
AZL-59408
BDU:2025-08063
CESA-2024_8856
CESA-2024_8870
CVE-2024-38540
DLA-4008-1
DSA-5818-1
INFSA-2024_5928
INFSA-2024_8856
INFSA-2024_8870
MGASA-2024-0263
MGASA-2024-0266
OESA-2024-1860
OESA-2024-1861
OESA-2024-1864
OESA-2025-1078
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2372-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2394-1
RHSA-2024:5928
RHSA-2024:6206
RHSA-2024:6267
RHSA-2024:6268
RHSA-2024:6297
RHSA-2024:8856
RHSA-2024:8870
RHSA-2024_5928
RHSA-2024_8856
RHSA-2024_8870
RLSA-2024:8856
RLSA-2024:8870
SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
USN-6949-1
USN-6949-2
USN-6952-1
USN-6952-2
USN-6955-1
USN-7654-1
USN-7654-2
USN-7654-3
USN-7654-4
USN-7654-5
USN-7655-1
USN-7686-1
USN-7711-1
USN-7712-1
USN-7712-2

Affected Products

Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu