{"cve":"CVE-2024-40996","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:20.740","modified":"2026-06-17T07:47:02.803","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason\n\nsyzkaller builds (CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y) frequently trigger a debug\nhint in pskb_may_pull.\n\nWe'd like to retain this debug check because it might hint at integer\noverflows and other issues (kernel code should pull headers, not huge\nvalue).\n\nIn bpf case, this splat isn't interesting at all: such (nonsensical)\nbpf programs are typically generated by a fuzzer anyway.\n\nDo what Eric suggested and suppress such warning.\n\nFor CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n we don't need the extra check because\npskb_may_pull will do the right thing: return an error without the\nWARN() backtrace.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbe3e5a2f4ef69d13be54f1cf895b4658287080","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e90258303a358e88737afb5048bee9113beea3a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9644782c559635bd676c12c59389a34ed7c866","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dacc15e9cb248d19e5fc63c54bef0b9b55007761","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbe3e5a2f4ef69d13be54f1cf895b4658287080"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40996","score":0.00279,"percentile":0.20415,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}