What is CVE-2024-46681?

CVE-2024-46681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-46681?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-46681

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pktgen: use cpus_read_lock() in pg_net_init() I have seen the WARN_ON(smp_processor_id() != cpu) firing in pktgen_thread_worker() during tests. We must use cpus_read_lo…

EPSS: 0.002 (10.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 2.6.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.11

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46681?: CVE-2024-46681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-46681?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.