CVE-2024-46708 pinctrl: qcom: x1e80100: Fix special pin offsets

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46708, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46708, GHSA-829m-frh2-j6v9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46708.

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