{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46738 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2024-46738 is a high-severity use after free 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46738 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-46738 is a high-severity use after free 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46738 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46738/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46738/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-46738","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46738/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-46738","record":{"aliases":["AZL-49374","BELL-CVE-2024-46738","DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46738","GHSA-7h5m-97m9-x6w8","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46738"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel VMCI","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel VMCI driver allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nVMCI: Fix use-after-free when removing resource in vmci_resource_remove()\n\nWhen removing a resource from vmci_resource_table in\nvmci_resource_remove(), the search is performed using the resource\nhandle by comparing context and resource fields.\n\nIt is possible though to create two resources with different types\nbut same handle (same context and resource fields).\n\nWhen trying to remove one of the resources, vmci_resource_remove()\nmay not remove the intended one, but the object will still be freed\nas in the case of the datagram type in vmci_datagram_destroy_handle().\nvmci_resource_table will still hold a pointer to this freed resource\nleading to a use-after-free vulnerability.\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vmci_handle_is_equal include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h:142 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vmci_resource_remove+0x3a1/0x410 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c:147\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff88801c16d800 by task syz-executor197/1592\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xa9 lib/dump_stack.c:106\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x21/0x366 mm/kasan/report.c:239\n __kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x132 mm/kasan/report.c:425\n kasan_report+0x38/0x51 mm/kasan/report.c:442\n vmci_handle_is_equal include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h:142 [inline]\n vmci_resource_remove+0x3a1/0x410 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c:147\n vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x89a/0x11b9 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2182\n ctx_free_ctx+0x473/0xbe1 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:444\n kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]\n vmci_ctx_put drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:497 [inline]\n vmci_ctx_destroy+0x170/0x1d6 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:195\n vmci_host_close+0x125/0x1ac drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:143\n __fput+0x261/0xa34 fs/file_table.c:282\n task_work_run+0xf0/0x194 kernel/task_work.c:164\n tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]\n exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x184/0x189 kernel/entry/common.c:187\n exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x11b/0x123 kernel/entry/common.c:220\n __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:302 [inline]\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x18/0x42 kernel/entry/common.c:313\n do_syscall_64+0x41/0x85 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x0\n\nThis change ensures the type is also checked when removing\nthe resource from vmci_resource_table in vmci_resource_remove().","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"VMCI: Fix use-after-free when removing resource in vmci_resource_remove()","id":"CVE-2024-46738","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"uio_hv_generic: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in hv_uio_rescind","id":"CVE-2024-46739"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"nvmet-tcp: fix kernel crash if commands allocation fails","id":"CVE-2024-46737"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-09-18","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API 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