CVE-2024-46703 Revert "serial: 8250_omap: Set the console genpd always on if no console suspend"

What is CVE-2024-46703?

CVE-2024-46703 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:

Revert "serial: 8250_omap: Set the console genpd always on if no console suspend"

This reverts commit 68e6939ea9ec3d6579eadeab16060339cdeaf940.

Kevin reported that this causes a crash during suspend on platforms that dont use PM domains.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46703?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-46703?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-46703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46703, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46703, GHSA-j9c3-7w24-v75h, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46703.