What is CVE-2024-44940?

CVE-2024-44940 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.18 onward and patched in 5.10.234, 5.15.174, 6.1.107 and others. CVE-2024-44940 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44940?

CVE-2024-44940 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-44940?

Yes, CVE-2024-44940 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.234, 5.15.174, 6.1.107 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-44940 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-44940 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-44940

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: remove warn in gue_gro_receive on unsupported protocol Drop the WARN_ON_ONCE inn gue_gro_receive if the encapsulated type is not known or does not have a GRO handler. Such a packet is easily constructed. Syzbot generates them and sets off this warning. Remove the warning as it is expected and not actionable. The warning was previously reduced from WARN_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE in commit 270136613bf7 ("fou: Do WARN_ON_ONCE in gue_gro_receive for bad proto callbacks").

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-26

Last modified 2026-04-01

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.234, 5.15.174, 6.1.107, 6.6.47, 6.10.6, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.18

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.234 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.174 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.107 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.47 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.6 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db4395332e7050ef9ddeb3052e6b5019f2a2a59

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440ab7f97261bc28501636a13998e1b1946d2e79

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a925a200299a6dfc7c172f54da6f374edc930053

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1453a5616c7bd8acd90633ceba4e59105ba3b51

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd89a81d850fa9a65f67b4527c0e420d15bf836c

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-44940

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-26

Modified 2026-04-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44940?

CVE-2024-44940 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.18 onward and has been patched in 5.10.234, 5.15.174, 6.1.107 and others. CVE-2024-44940 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-44940?

CVE-2024-44940 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-44940?

Yes. CVE-2024-44940 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.234, 5.15.174, 6.1.107 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-44940 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-44940 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.