# CVE-2024-43846: lib: objagg: Fix general protection fault

> A missing check in the Linux kernel objagg library allows a general protection fault, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-51387, BELL-CVE-2024-43846, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43846, GHSA-rqp9-2crf-qjg9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43846

## What is CVE-2024-43846?

CVE-2024-43846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

lib: objagg: Fix general protection fault

The library supports aggregation of objects into other objects only if
the parent object does not have a parent itself. That is, nesting is not
supported.

Aggregation happens in two cases: Without and with hints, where hints
are a pre-computed recommendation on how to aggregate the provided
objects.

Nesting is not possible in the first case due to a check that prevents
it, but in the second case there is no check because the assumption is
that nesting cannot happen when creating objects based on hints. The
violation of this assumption leads to various warnings and eventually to
a general protection fault [1].

Before fixing the root cause, error out when nesting happens and warn.

[1]
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000d90: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 1 PID: 1083 Comm: kworker/1:9 Tainted: G        W          6.9.0-rc6-custom-gd9b4f1cca7fb #7
Hardware name: Mellanox Technologies Ltd. MSN3700/VMOD0005, BIOS 5.11 01/06/2019
Workqueue: mlxsw_core mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work
RIP: 0010:mlxsw_sp_acl_erp_bf_insert+0x25/0x80
[...]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 mlxsw_sp_acl_atcam_entry_add+0x256/0x3c0
 mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_entry_create+0x5e/0xa0
 mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vchunk_migrate_one+0x16b/0x270
 mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work+0xbe/0x510
 process_one_work+0x151/0x370
 worker_thread+0x2cb/0x3e0
 kthread+0xd0/0x100
 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43846?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43846?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-43846 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43846 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43846/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43846/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43846
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43846
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43846

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