CVE-2024-46806 drm/amdgpu: Fix the warning division or modulo by zero
A division by zero error in the AMD GPU driver can cause a kernel crash, 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-2024-46806?
CVE-2024-46806 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 warning division or modulo by zero
Checks the partition mode and returns an error for an invalid mode.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46806?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46806?
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-2024-46806 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46806 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-49806, BELL-CVE-2024-46806, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46806, GHSA-qcwg-rwq9-x4xj, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-46806, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-46806 and 2 more.