# CVE-2024-46746: HID: amd_sfh: free driver_data after destroying hid device

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the AMD SFH HID driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash by triggering a race condition during device destruction.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-49665, BELL-CVE-2024-46746, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46746, GHSA-grrp-5gxg-cv8j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46746

## What is CVE-2024-46746?

CVE-2024-46746 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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:

HID: amd_sfh: free driver_data after destroying hid device

HID driver callbacks aren't called anymore once hid_destroy_device() has
been called. Hence, hid driver_data should be freed only after the
hid_destroy_device() function returned as driver_data is used in several
callbacks.

I observed a crash with kernel 6.10.0 on my T14s Gen 3, after enabling
KASAN to debug memory allocation, I got this output:

  [   13.050438] ==================================================================
  [   13.054060] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in amd_sfh_get_report+0x3ec/0x530 [amd_sfh]
  [   13.054809] psmouse serio1: trackpoint: Synaptics TrackPoint firmware: 0x02, buttons: 3/3
  [   13.056432] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88813152f408 by task (udev-worker)/479

  [   13.060970] CPU: 5 PID: 479 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-arch1-2 #1 893bb55d7f0073f25c46adbb49eb3785fefd74b0
  [   13.063978] Hardware name: LENOVO 21CQCTO1WW/21CQCTO1WW, BIOS R22ET70W (1.40 ) 03/21/2024
  [   13.067860] Call Trace:
  [   13.069383] input: TPPS/2 Synaptics TrackPoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8
  [   13.071486]  <TASK>
  [   13.071492]  dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
  [   13.074870] snd_hda_intel 0000:33:00.6: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
  [   13.078296]  ? amd_sfh_get_report+0x3ec/0x530 [amd_sfh 05f43221435b5205f734cd9da29399130f398a38]
  [   13.082199]  print_report+0x174/0x505
  [   13.085776]  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
  [   13.089367]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.093255]  ? amd_sfh_get_report+0x3ec/0x530 [amd_sfh 05f43221435b5205f734cd9da29399130f398a38]
  [   13.097464]  kasan_report+0xc8/0x150
  [   13.101461]  ? amd_sfh_get_report+0x3ec/0x530 [amd_sfh 05f43221435b5205f734cd9da29399130f398a38]
  [   13.105802]  amd_sfh_get_report+0x3ec/0x530 [amd_sfh 05f43221435b5205f734cd9da29399130f398a38]
  [   13.110303]  amdtp_hid_request+0xb8/0x110 [amd_sfh 05f43221435b5205f734cd9da29399130f398a38]
  [   13.114879]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.119450]  sensor_hub_get_feature+0x1d3/0x540 [hid_sensor_hub 3f13be3016ff415bea03008d45d99da837ee3082]
  [   13.124097]  hid_sensor_parse_common_attributes+0x4d0/0xad0 [hid_sensor_iio_common c3a5cbe93969c28b122609768bbe23efe52eb8f5]
  [   13.127404]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.131925]  ? __pfx_hid_sensor_parse_common_attributes+0x10/0x10 [hid_sensor_iio_common c3a5cbe93969c28b122609768bbe23efe52eb8f5]
  [   13.136455]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x96/0xf0
  [   13.140197]  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
  [   13.143602]  ? devm_iio_device_alloc+0x34/0x50 [industrialio 3d261d5e5765625d2b052be40e526d62b1d2123b]
  [   13.147234]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.150446]  ? __devm_add_action+0x167/0x1d0
  [   13.155061]  hid_gyro_3d_probe+0x120/0x7f0 [hid_sensor_gyro_3d 63da36a143b775846ab2dbb86c343b401b5e3172]
  [   13.158581]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.161814]  platform_probe+0xa2/0x150
  [   13.165029]  really_probe+0x1e3/0x8a0
  [   13.168243]  __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x370
  [   13.171500]  driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x120
  [   13.175000]  __driver_attach+0x190/0x4a0
  [   13.178521]  ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10
  [   13.181771]  bus_for_each_dev+0x106/0x180
  [   13.185033]  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
  [   13.188229]  ? __pfx_bus_for_each_dev+0x10/0x10
  [   13.191446]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.194382]  bus_add_driver+0x29e/0x4d0
  [   13.197328]  driver_register+0x1a5/0x360
  [   13.200283]  ? __pfx_hid_gyro_3d_platform_driver_init+0x10/0x10 [hid_sensor_gyro_3d 63da36a143b775846ab2dbb86c343b401b5e3172]
  [   13.203362]  do_one_initcall+0xa7/0x380
  [   13.206432]  ? __pfx_do_one_initcall+0x10/0x10
  [   13.210175]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
  [   13.213211]  ? kasan_unpoison+0x44/0x70
  [   13.216688]  do_init_module+0x238/0x750
  [   13.2196
---truncated---

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46746?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46746?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-46746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46746 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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-2024-46746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2024-46746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46746/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46746

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
