PT-2024-29152 · Linux+8 · Linux Kernel+8

Published 2024-05-07 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2024-40936

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to memregion leaks in the devm cxl add region() function. To avoid these leaks, the mode verification has been moved to the create region() function before allocating the memregion.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:6567

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2025-03399

CVE-2024-40936

INFSA-2024_6567

OESA-2024-1897

RHSA-2024:6567

RHSA-2024_6567

RLSA-2024:6567

RXSA-2024:6567

SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1

USN-6999-1

USN-6999-2

USN-7004-1

USN-7005-1

USN-7005-2

USN-7008-1

USN-7029-1

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 1291

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40936.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41009 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38780 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38622 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40952 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7029-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8316838aa0686da63a8be4194b7a17b0103ae4a · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40912 · Vendor Advisory