CVE-2024-46799

MEDIUM EPSS 9.1%
Published Sep 18, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 18, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix NULL dereference on XDP_TX If number of TX queues are set to 1 we get a NULL pointer dereference during XDP_TX. ~# ethtool -L eth0 tx 1 ~# ./xdp-trafficgen udp -A <ipv6-src> -a <ipv6-dst> eth0 -t 2 Transmitting on eth0 (ifindex 2) [ 241.135257] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000030 Fix this by using actual TX queues instead of max TX queues when picking the TX channel in am65_cpsw_ndo_xdp_xmit().

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
9.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.10  –  <6.10.10
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a50c35277f96481a5a6ed5faf347f282040c57d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7189d2b1de51fc2567676cd4f96c0fe0960b9f
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a50c35277f96481a5a6ed5faf347f282040c57d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7189d2b1de51fc2567676cd4f96c0fe0960b9f
    Patch