CVE-2024-40994

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store

On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= 44c494c8e30e35713c7d11ca3c5ab332cbfabacf, < 4b03da87d0b7074c93d9662c6e1a8939f9b8b86e; >= 44c494c8e30e35713c7d11ca3c5ab332cbfabacf, < d50d62d5e6ee6aa03c00bddb91745d0b632d3b0f; >= 44c494c8e30e35713c7d11ca3c5ab332cbfabacf, < 666e934d749e50a37f3796caaf843a605f115b6f; >= 44c494c8e30e35713c7d11ca3c5ab332cbfabacf, < e1fccfb4638ee6188377867f6015d0ce35764a8e; >= 44c494c8e30e35713c7d11ca3c5ab332cbfabacf, < 81d23d2a24012e448f651e007fac2cfd20a45ce0
LinuxLinux5.14

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 12, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-40994: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix