CVE-2024-40990

Name	CVE-2024-40990
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute max_sge attribute is passed by the user, and is inserted and used unchecked, so verify that the value doesn't exceed maximum allowed value before using it.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5730-1, DSA-5731-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.218-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.94-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.99-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.10.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.221-1	DSA-5730-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.99-1	DSA-5731-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.9.7-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/36ab7ada64caf08f10ee5a114d39964d1f91e81d (6.10-rc5)