What is CVE-2024-46709?

CVE-2024-46709 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6.29 onward and patched in 6.6.49, 6.10.8 and 6.11. CVE-2024-46709 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46709?

CVE-2024-46709 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-46709?

Yes, CVE-2024-46709 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.49, 6.10.8 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.29 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-46709 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-46709 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-46709

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix prime with external buffers Make sure that for external buffers mapping goes through the dma_buf interface instead of trying to access pages directly. External buffers might not provide direct access to readable/writable pages so to make sure the bo's created from external dma_bufs can be read dma_buf interface has to be used. Fixes crashes in IGT's kms_prime with vgem. Regular desktop usage won't trigger this due to the fact that virtual machines will not have multiple GPUs but it enables better test coverage in IGT.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-13

Last modified 2024-09-19

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6.29, 6.8.8, 6.9 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.49, 6.10.8, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6.29 ≥ 6.8.8 ≥ 6.9

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.49 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.8 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-46709 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f1199250912568606b3778dc56646c10cb7b04
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c12391ee1ab59cb2f3be3f1f5e6d0fc0c2dc854
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9716bbbf3dd6b6cbefba3abcc89af8b72631f4
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-46709

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-13

Modified 2024-09-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46709?

CVE-2024-46709 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6.29 onward and has been patched in 6.6.49, 6.10.8 and 6.11. CVE-2024-46709 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46709?

CVE-2024-46709 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-46709?

Yes — CVE-2024-46709 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.49, 6.10.8 and 6.11. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.29 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-46709 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-46709 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.