8.1

CVE-2024-40941: linux

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-40941DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40941
Published 12-07-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-40941 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 38 · Related 32
DLA-4008-1DSA-5730-1DSA-5731-1RHSA-2024:5928RHSA-2024:7000RHSA-2024:7001

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't read past the mfuart notifcation In case the firmware sends a notification that claims it has more data than it has, we will read past that was allocated for the notification. Remove the print of the buffer, we won't see it by default. If needed, we can see the content with tracing. This was reported by KFENCE.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu127 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-230.242 | < 5.4.0-195.215 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1174.187 | < 5.4.0-1132.142 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1015.16
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < 15b37c6fab9d5e40ac399fa1c725118588ed649c | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < 6532f18e66b384b8d4b7e5c9caca042faaa9e8de | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < 46c59a25337049a2a230ce7f7c3b9f21d0aaaad7 | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < 65686118845d427df27ee83a6ddd4885596b0805 | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < a8bc8276af9aeacabb773f0c267cfcdb847c6f2d | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < a05018739a5e6b9dc112c95bd4c59904062c8940 | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < acdfa33c3cf5e1cd185cc1e0486bd0ea9f09c154 | ≥ bdccdb854f2fb473f2ac4a6108df3cbfcedd5a87, < 4bb95f4535489ed830cf9b34b0a891e384d1aee4 | 4.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 4.19.317 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.279 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.221 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.162 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.95 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.35 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.6 | 6.10:rc1 | 6.10:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.99-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 130 products

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