What is CVE-2024-46784?

CVE-2024-46784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-46784?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-46784

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: Fix error handling in mana_create_txq/rxq's NAPI cleanup Currently napi_disable() gets called during rxq and txq cleanup, even before napi is enabled and hrtimer is initialized. It causes kernel panic. ? page_fault_oops+0x136/0x2b0 ? page_counter_cancel+0x2e/0x80 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2f2/0x640 ? refill_obj_stock+0xc4/0x110 ? exc_page_fault+0x71/0x160 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 ? __mmdrop+0x10/0x180 ? __mmdrop+0xec/0x180 ? hrtimer_active+0xd/0x50 hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x2c/0xf0 hrtimer_cancel+0x15/0x30 napi_disable+0x65/0x90 mana_destroy_rxq+0x4c/0x2f0 mana_create_rxq.isra.0+0x56c/0x6d0 ? mana_uncfg_vport+0x50/0x50 mana_alloc_queues+0x21b/0x320 ? skb_dequeue+0x5f/0x80

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th 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 e1b5683ff62e7b328317aec08869495992053e9d, 5.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46784?: CVE-2024-46784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-46784?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.