What is CVE-2024-46752?

CVE-2024-46752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-46752?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-46752

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: replace BUG_ON() with error handling at update_ref_for_cow() Instead of a BUG_ON() just return an error, log an error message and abort the transaction in case we find an extent buffer belonging to the relocation tree that doesn't have the full backref flag set. This is unexpected and should never happen (save for bugs or a potential bad memory).

EPSS: 0.002 (16.0th 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 5d4f98a28c7d334091c1b7744f48a1acdd2a4ae0, 2.6.31, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46752?: CVE-2024-46752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-46752?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.