CVE-2024-46795 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: unset the binding mark of a reused connection
Steve French reported null pointer dereference error from sha256 lib.
cifs.ko can send session setup requests on reused connection.
If reused connection is used for binding session, conn->binding can
still remain true and generate_preauth_hash() will not set
sess->Preauth_HashValue and it will be NULL.
It is used as a material to create an encryption key in
ksmbd_gen_smb311_…
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