CVE-2024-46869 Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Allocate memory for driver private data
A missing memory allocation in the Intel PCIe Bluetooth driver causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a system crash.
- 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-2024-46869?
CVE-2024-46869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 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:
Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Allocate memory for driver private data
Fix driver not allocating memory for struct btintel_data which is used to store internal data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46869?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46869?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-46869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46869, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46869, GHSA-grj2-m3x4-7f2m, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46869.