Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46734

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU97537

Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46734

Published: September 18, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97537
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [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-2024-46734
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the skip_inode_logging() and btrfs_sync_file() functions in fs/btrfs/file.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Confidential Computing Module
Public Cloud Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_14-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_14-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default
linux (Debian package)
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-devel-coco
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-source-azure
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-extra
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
dtb-allwinner
kernel-64kb-extra
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-mediatek
dtb-altera
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-apple
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-nvidia
dlm-kmp-64kb
dtb-renesas
dtb-broadcom
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-cavium
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-aarch64
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
dtb-xilinx
kernel-64kb
dtb-marvell
dtb-arm
kernel-64kb-devel
dtb-exynos
dtb-amd
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-amlogic
dtb-sprd
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-optional
dtb-socionext
dtb-apm
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-freescale
dtb-rockchip
dtb-lg
dtb-amazon
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-qcom
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
dtb-hisilicon
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-livepatch
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
reiserfs-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base
kernel-obs-build
kernel-docs
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2024-46734

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.15.167, 6.1.110, 6.6.51, 6.10.10, 6.11
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4-debugsource - update to 1-150600.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_14-rt - update to 1-150600.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_14-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default - update to 1-150600.13.3.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.112-1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
perf - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51
kernel - update to 6.6.0-46.0.0.51

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