Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU97544

Improper error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46753

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU97544

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-2024-46753

CWE-ID: CWE-388

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Confidential Computing Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_231-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_73-rt
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_73-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default
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-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-base
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-base
kernel-source-azure
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-man
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
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kernel-syms
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
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kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
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kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-debugsource
kernel
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kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-vdso
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-source-coco
kernel-coco
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
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
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
dtb-hisilicon
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
dtb-allwinner
kernel-64kb-extra
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-altera
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-apple
dtb-mediatek
dtb-socionext
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-marvell
dtb-arm
dtb-exynos
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kselftests-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-optional
dtb-aarch64
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-cavium
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-broadcom
dtb-renesas
dlm-kmp-64kb
dtb-nvidia
kernel-debug-vdso
dtb-xilinx
dtb-apm
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-freescale
dtb-rockchip
dtb-lg
dtb-amazon
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-qcom
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-source-vanilla
dtb-amd
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
dtb-amlogic
dtb-sprd
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-docs-html
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure (Ubuntu package)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the walk_up_proc() function in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

How to mitigate CVE-2024-46753

Install update from vendor's website.

Improper error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46753

Detailed vulnerability description

How to mitigate CVE-2024-46753

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