# CVE-2024-46715: driver: iio: add missing checks on iio_info's callback access

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by accessing sysfs entries for IIO drivers that lack specific callback implementations.

- **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:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-55228, BELL-CVE-2024-46715, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46715, GHSA-wp8q-76mh-g25x, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-46715, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-46715, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46715

## What is CVE-2024-46715?

CVE-2024-46715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 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:

driver: iio: add missing checks on iio_info's callback access

Some callbacks from iio_info structure are accessed without any check, so
if a driver doesn't implement them trying to access the corresponding
sysfs entries produce a kernel oops such as:

[ 2203.527791] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 when execute
[...]
[ 2203.783416] Call trace:
[ 2203.783429]  iio_read_channel_info_avail from dev_attr_show+0x18/0x48
[ 2203.789807]  dev_attr_show from sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x90/0x120
[ 2203.794181]  sysfs_kf_seq_show from seq_read_iter+0xd0/0x4e4
[ 2203.798555]  seq_read_iter from vfs_read+0x238/0x2a0
[ 2203.802236]  vfs_read from ksys_read+0xa4/0xd4
[ 2203.805385]  ksys_read from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54
[ 2203.809135] Exception stack(0xe0badfa8 to 0xe0badff0)
[ 2203.812880] dfa0:                   00000003 b6f10f80 00000003 b6eab000 00020000 00000000
[ 2203.819746] dfc0: 00000003 b6f10f80 7ff00000 00000003 00000003 00000000 00020000 00000000
[ 2203.826619] dfe0: b6e1bc88 bed80958 b6e1bc94 b6e1bcb0
[ 2203.830363] Code: bad PC value
[ 2203.832695] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46715?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46715?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-46715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46715 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 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-2024-46715 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-2024-46715/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46715/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46715
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46715
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46715

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46715/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.