What is CVE-2024-40986?

CVE-2024-40986 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-40986 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40986?

CVE-2024-40986 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-2024-40986?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-40986. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-40986 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-40986 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-40986

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: xilinx: xdma: Fix data synchronisation in xdma_channel_isr() Requests the vchan lock before using xdma->stop_request.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-12

Last modified 2025-10-06

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-40986 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/462237d2d93fc9e9221d1cf9f773954d27da83c0
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e1f54e4a3f3207c9dc68bb5000603b75802e7f0
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-40986

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-12

Modified 2025-10-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40986?

CVE-2024-40986 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-40986 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-40986?

CVE-2024-40986 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-2024-40986?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-40986. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-40986 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-40986 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.