# CVE-2024-46702: thunderbolt: Mark XDomain as unplugged when router is removed

> A race condition in the Linux kernel Thunderbolt driver can cause a system hang during NVM upgrades, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-49332, BELL-CVE-2024-46702, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46702, GHSA-94rm-fghw-676x, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46702

## What is CVE-2024-46702?

CVE-2024-46702 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

thunderbolt: Mark XDomain as unplugged when router is removed

I noticed that when we do discrete host router NVM upgrade and it gets
hot-removed from the PCIe side as a result of NVM firmware authentication,
if there is another host connected with enabled paths we hang in tearing
them down. This is due to fact that the Thunderbolt networking driver
also tries to cleanup the paths and ends up blocking in
tb_disconnect_xdomain_paths() waiting for the domain lock.

However, at this point we already cleaned the paths in tb_stop() so
there is really no need for tb_disconnect_xdomain_paths() to do that
anymore. Furthermore it already checks if the XDomain is unplugged and
bails out early so take advantage of that and mark the XDomain as
unplugged when we remove the parent router.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46702?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46702?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-46702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46702 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46702 is a medium-severity denial of service 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-2024-46702 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-2024-46702/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46702/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46702
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46702
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46702

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46702/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.