CVE-2024-46708 pinctrl: qcom: x1e80100: Fix special pin offsets
A bug in the Qualcomm X1E80100 pinctrl driver causes system crashes when setting pin states, leading to denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-46708?
CVE-2024-46708 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:
pinctrl: qcom: x1e80100: Fix special pin offsets
Remove the erroneus 0x100000 offset to prevent the boards from crashing on pin state setting, as well as for the intended state changes to take effect.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46708?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46708?
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-2024-46708 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46708 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46708, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46708, GHSA-829m-frh2-j6v9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46708.