What is CVE-2024-46865?

CVE-2024-46865 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-46865?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-46865 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-46865

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: fix initialization of grc The grc must be initialize first. There can be a condition where if fou is NULL, goto out will be executed and grc would be used uninitialized.

Published 2024-09-27 · last modified 2026-08-04.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (43.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions 231c235d2f7a66f018f172e26ffd47c363f244ef, 4494bccb52ffda22ce5a1163a776d970e6229e08, d7567f098f54cb53ee3cee1c82e3d0ed9698b6b3
Linux Kernel — versions 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46865?: CVE-2024-46865 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-46865?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-46865 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.