CVE-2024-46805 drm/amdgpu: fix the waring dereferencing hive
A null pointer dereference in the amdgpu driver can cause a system crash, requiring a kernel patch to prevent 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-2024-46805?
CVE-2024-46805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 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:
drm/amdgpu: fix the waring dereferencing hive
Check the amdgpu_hive_info *hive that maybe is NULL.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46805?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46805?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-46805 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-49816, BELL-CVE-2024-46805, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46805, GHSA-c95g-5fw2-h647, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-46805, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46805.