What is CVE-2024-46779?

CVE-2024-46779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-46779?

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

Is CVE-2024-46779 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-46779

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: Free pvr_vm_gpuva after unlink This caused a measurable memory leak. Although the individual allocations are small, the leaks occurs in a high-usage codepath (remapping or unmapping device memory) so they add up quickly.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.7th 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 ff5f643de0bf27874c4033cd57a0bd034b5c7d11, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46779?: CVE-2024-46779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-46779?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-46779 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.