What is CVE-2024-46753?

CVE-2024-46753 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.31 onward and patched in 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134 and others. CVE-2024-46753 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46753?

CVE-2024-46753 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-2024-46753?

Yes, CVE-2024-46753 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.31 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-46753 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-46753 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-46753

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: handle errors from btrfs_dec_ref() properly In walk_up_proc() we BUG_ON(ret) from btrfs_dec_ref(). This is incorrect, we have proper error handling here, return the error.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-18

Last modified 2025-11-03

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

Weakness type

CWE-617

CVE-2024-46753 is classified as CWE-617

See CWE-617 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.31 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.10.10, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.31

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.236 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.180 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.134 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.87 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.10 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-46753 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e4840ae09f375381167000ce47424818fcbcc7c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4fe45351e544da4b8f10c74b277117a4fa7869
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eb178f373b4f16f3b42d55ff88fc94dd95b93b1
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-46753

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-18

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46753?

CVE-2024-46753 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.31 onward and has been patched in 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134 and others. CVE-2024-46753 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46753?

CVE-2024-46753 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-2024-46753?

Yes — CVE-2024-46753 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.31 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-46753 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-46753 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.