Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46794
Published: September 18, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97489
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46794
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mmio_read() function in arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-46794
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26c6af49d26ffc377e392e30d4086db19eed0ef7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef00818c50cf55a3a56bd9a9fae867c92dfb84e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55ce742afcb8e8189d82f2f1e635ba1b5a461fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6fb565a2d15277896583d471b21bc14a0c99661
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.110
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.51