5.5

CVE-2024-46677: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46677DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46677
Published 13-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46677 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 31 · Related 28
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1SUSE-SU-2024:3559-1

Timeline

  1. 13-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gtp: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference When sockfd_lookup() fails, gtp_encap_enable_socket() returns a NULL pointer, but its callers only check for error pointers thus miss the NULL pointer case. Fix it by returning an error pointer with the error code carried from sockfd_lookup(). (I found this bug during code inspection.)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < 620fe9809752fae91b4190e897b81ed9976dfb39 | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < bdd99e5f0ad5fa727b16f2101fe880aa2bff2f8e | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < 8bbb9e4e0e66a39282e582d0440724055404b38c | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < 4643b91691e969b1b9ad54bf552d7a990cfa3b87 | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < e8b9930b0eb045d19e883c65ff9676fc89320c70 | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < 28c67f0f84f889fe9f4cbda8354132b20dc9212d | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < 612edd35f2a3910ab1f61c1f2338889d4ba99fa2 | ≥ 1e3a3abd8b28cfda9d0d0167e50e0fe11bc372a9, < defd8b3c37b0f9cb3e0f60f47d3d78d459d57fda | 4.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 4.19.321 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.283 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.225 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.166 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.108 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.49 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.8 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4 | 6.11:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.9-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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