What is CVE-2024-46832?

CVE-2024-46832 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and patched in 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110 and others. CVE-2024-46832 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46832?

CVE-2024-46832 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-2024-46832?

Yes, CVE-2024-46832 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-46832 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-46832 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-46832

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: cevt-r4k: Don't call get_c0_compare_int if timer irq is installed This avoids warning: [ 0.118053] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:283 Caused by get_c0_compare_int on secondary CPU. We also skipped saving IRQ number to struct clock_event_device *cd as it's never used by clockevent core, as per comments it's only meant for "non CPU local devices".

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-09-27

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.24 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110, 6.6.51, 6.10.10, 6.11 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.24

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.226 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.167 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.110 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.51 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.10 6.10.x ✓ 6.11

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-46832 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/2025/01/msg00001.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/189d3ed3b25beee26ffe2abed278208bece13f52
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ee0520159f1e8c2d6597c19690df452c528f30
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f2b98dc83de7809a5c5bf0ccf9af2e75c37c13
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-46832

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-09-27

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46832?

CVE-2024-46832 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and has been patched in 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110 and others. CVE-2024-46832 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46832?

CVE-2024-46832 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-2024-46832?

Yes — CVE-2024-46832 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-46832 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-46832 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.