9.8

CVE-2024-46736: smb: client: fix double put of @cfile in smb2_rename_path()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46736DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46736
Published 18-09-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46736 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 8
MGASA-2024-0316MGASA-2024-0318SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix double put of @cfile in smb2_rename_path() If smb2_set_path_attr() is called with a valid @cfile and returned -EINVAL, we need to call cifs_get_writable_path() again as the reference of @cfile was already dropped by previous smb2_compound_op() call.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu74 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1e60bc0e954389af82f1d9a85f13a63f6572350f, < b27ea9c96efd2c252a981fb00d0f001b86c90f3e | ≥ 71f15c90e785d1de4bcd65a279e7256684c25c0d, < 1a46c7f6546b73cbf36f5a618a1a6bbb45391eb3 | ≥ 71f15c90e785d1de4bcd65a279e7256684c25c0d, < 3523a3df03c6f04f7ea9c2e7050102657e331a4f | ≥ 6.6.32, < 6.6.51 | 6.9
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.6.32, < 6.6.51 | ≥ 6.9, < 6.10.10 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4 | 6.11:rc5 | 6.11:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.10.11-1

3 vendors · 77 products

References

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