Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46859

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU97791

Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-46859

Published: September 30, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97791
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-2024-46859
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Confidential Computing Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
SmartFabric Manager
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_231-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_23-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_79-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_79-rt
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_88-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_88-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_5-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_17-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_17-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-base
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-base
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-default-base
kernel-macros
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-source
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-devel
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-man
python3-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
python3-perf
kernel-headers
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-127-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-127-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-127-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-127-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-127-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1039-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1056-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1070-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1070-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1071-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1071-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1073-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1078-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-coco-devel
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-lg
dtb-amlogic
dtb-socionext
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-nvidia
dtb-altera
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-sprd
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-amd
dlm-kmp-64kb
dtb-apple
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-marvell
dtb-qcom
dtb-xilinx
dtb-exynos
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-rockchip
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-64kb-extra
dtb-broadcom
dtb-mediatek
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
dtb-freescale
dtb-apm
dtb-cavium
kernel-64kb-optional
dtb-renesas
dtb-arm
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amazon
dtb-aarch64
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-default-base-rebuild
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (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-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia (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-64k (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-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure (Ubuntu package)
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the DEVICE_ATTR_RW(), acpi_pcc_hotkey_resume() and acpi_pcc_hotkey_add() functions in drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-46859

Install update from vendor's website.

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