PT-2024-32183 · Linux · Linux Kernel

CVE-2024-46769 · Published 2024-08-30 · Updated 2024-09-30

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the intel spi populate chip() function using devm kasprintf() to set pdata->name, which can return a NULL pointer on failure, but this returned value is not checked. This can potentially lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-03688

CVE-2024-46769

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 18

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/46xxx/CVE-2024-46769.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2024-46769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e68abdc5d674f9f4185bf1e1956368d05df4838 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46769 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46769 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03688 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2920294686ec23211637998f3ec386dfd3d784a6 · Patch
• https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2024-46769 · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.10 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/2920294686ec23211637998f3ec386dfd3d784a6 · Note