# CVE-2024-46682: nfsd: prevent panic for nfsv4.0 closed files in nfs4_show_open

> A local attacker can cause a kernel panic by reading NFS state files, leading to a denial of service on the Linux NFS server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-46682, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46682, GHSA-xrjv-8x73-5h7v, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46682

## What is CVE-2024-46682?

CVE-2024-46682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 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:

nfsd: prevent panic for nfsv4.0 closed files in nfs4_show_open

Prior to commit 3f29cc82a84c ("nfsd: split sc_status out of
sc_type") states_show() relied on sc_type field to be of valid
type before calling into a subfunction to show content of a
particular stateid. From that commit, we split the validity of
the stateid into sc_status and no longer changed sc_type to 0
while unhashing the stateid. This resulted in kernel oopsing
for nfsv4.0 opens that stay around and in nfs4_show_open()
would derefence sc_file which was NULL.

Instead, for closed open stateids forgo displaying information
that relies of having a valid sc_file.

To reproduce: mount the server with 4.0, read and close
a file and then on the server cat /proc/fs/nfsd/clients/2/states

[  513.590804] Call trace:
[  513.590925]  _raw_spin_lock+0xcc/0x160
[  513.591119]  nfs4_show_open+0x78/0x2c0 [nfsd]
[  513.591412]  states_show+0x44c/0x488 [nfsd]
[  513.591681]  seq_read_iter+0x5d8/0x760
[  513.591896]  seq_read+0x188/0x208
[  513.592075]  vfs_read+0x148/0x470
[  513.592241]  ksys_read+0xcc/0x178

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46682?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46682?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-46682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46682 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-2024-46682 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 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-2024-46682 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-2024-46682/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46682/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46682
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46682
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46682

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