CVE-2024-46686 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference16 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+5 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 13
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: avoid dereferencing rdata=NULL in smb2_new_read_req() This happens when called from SMB2_read() while using rdma and reaching the rdma_readwrite_threshold.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.1.16 — 6.1.108+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.112-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-50.51

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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OSV
linux-gkeop vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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OSV
linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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