CVE-2024-40985: net/tcp_ao: Don't leak ao_info on error-path

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp_ao: Don't leak ao_info on error-path It seems I introduced it together with TCP_AO_CMDF_AO_REQUIRED, on version 5 [1] of TCP-AO patches. Quite frustrative that having all these selftests that I've written, running kmemtest & kcov was always in todo. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230215183335.800122-5-dima@arista.com/

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.7 before 6.9.7; 6.10-rc1, 6.10-rc2, 6.10-rc3, 6.10-rc4 — fixed in 6.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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