7.5

CVE-2024-46737: nvmet-tcp: fix kernel crash if commands allocation fails

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46737DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46737
Published 18-09-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46737 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (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
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.75%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 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 33 · Related 28
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1MGASA-2024-0316MGASA-2024-0318SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1

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: nvmet-tcp: fix kernel crash if commands allocation fails If the commands allocation fails in nvmet_tcp_alloc_cmds() the kernel crashes in nvmet_tcp_release_queue_work() because of a NULL pointer dereference. nvmet: failed to install queue 0 cntlid 1 ret 6 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 Fix the bug by setting queue->nr_cmds to zero in case nvmet_tcp_alloc_cmd() fails.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.76% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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.

Ubuntu125 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 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≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 03e1fd0327fa5e2174567f5fe9290fe21d21b8f4 | ≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 50632b877ce55356f5d276b9add289b1e7ddc683 | ≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 91dad30c5607e62864f888e735d0965567827bdf | ≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 7957c731fc2b23312f8935812dee5a0b14b04e2d | ≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 489f2913a63f528cfe3f21722583fb981967ecda | ≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 6c04d1e3ab22cc5394ef656429638a5947f87244 | ≥ 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30, < 5572a55a6f830ee3f3a994b6b962a5c327d28cb3 | 5.0
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.0, < 5.4.284 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.226 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.167 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.110 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.51 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.10 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4 | 6.11:rc5 | 6.11:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.11-1

3 vendors · 128 products

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