CVE-2024-46691

MEDIUM EPSS 10.7%
Published Sep 13, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 13, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Move unregister out of atomic section Commit '9329933699b3 ("soc: qcom: pmic_glink: Make client-lock non-sleeping")' moved the pmic_glink client list under a spinlock, as it is accessed by the rpmsg/glink callback, which in turn is invoked from IRQ context. This means that ucsi_unregister() is now called from atomic context, which isn't feasible as it's expecting a sleepable context. An effort is under way to get GLINK to invoke its callbacks in a sleepable context, but until then lets schedule the unregistration. A side effect of this is that ucsi_unregister() can now happen after the remote processor, and thereby the communication link with it, is gone. pmic_glink_send() is amended with a check to avoid the resulting NULL pointer dereference. This does however result in the user being informed about this error by the following entry in the kernel log: ucsi_glink.pmic_glink_ucsi pmic_glink.ucsi.0: failed to send UCSI write request: -5

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
10.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.10  –  <6.10.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095b0001aefddcd9361097c971b7debc84e72714
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11bb2ffb679399f99041540cf662409905179e3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3769aa0946c2b6e509c06d7a0aa9b955eaef9e

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095b0001aefddcd9361097c971b7debc84e72714
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11bb2ffb679399f99041540cf662409905179e3a
    Patch