What is CVE-2024-40941?

CVE-2024-40941 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.12 onward and patched in 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. CVE-2024-40941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40941?

CVE-2024-40941 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-40941?

Yes, CVE-2024-40941 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-40941 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-40941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-40941

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-12

Last modified 2026-05-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221, 5.15.162, 6.1.95, 6.6.35, 6.9.6, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.12

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.317 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.279 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.221 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.162 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.95 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.35 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.6 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

11 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b37c6fab9d5e40ac399fa1c725118588ed649c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c59a25337049a2a230ce7f7c3b9f21d0aaaad7

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb95f4535489ed830cf9b34b0a891e384d1aee4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6532f18e66b384b8d4b7e5c9caca042faaa9e8de

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65686118845d427df27ee83a6ddd4885596b0805

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-40941

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-12

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40941?

CVE-2024-40941 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.12 onward and has been patched in 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. CVE-2024-40941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40941?

CVE-2024-40941 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-40941?

Yes. CVE-2024-40941 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-40941 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-40941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.