What is CVE-2024-47746?

CVE-2024-47746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-47746?

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

Is CVE-2024-47746 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-47746

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: use exclusive lock when FUSE_I_CACHE_IO_MODE is set This may be a typo. The comment has said shared locks are not allowed when this bit is set. If using shared lock, the wait in `fuse_file_cached_io_open` may be forever.

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th 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 205c1d8026835746d8597e1aa70c370e014e83fa, 6.9, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-667 — Improper Locking

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47746?: CVE-2024-47746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-47746?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-47746 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.