NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46742
Published: September 18, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97527
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-2024-46742
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 NULL pointer dereference within the parse_durable_handle_context() and smb2_open() functions in fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c, within the create_lease_buf() function in fs/smb/server/oplock.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-46742
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f384c5be1f8633b13f0a22616e227570450bc6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b692794b81f2ecad69a4adbba687f3836824ada
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e8771a3666c8f216eefd6bd2fd50121c6c437db
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.181
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.135
- 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