9.8

CVE-2024-46865: linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46865DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46865
Published 27-09-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46865 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Related 21
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1DSA-5782-1SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: fix initialization of grc The grc must be initialize first. There can be a condition where if fou is NULL, goto out will be executed and grc would be used uninitialized.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.55% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

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

Ubuntu98 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-127.137
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1073.79
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 231c235d2f7a66f018f172e26ffd47c363f244ef, < 392f6a97fcbecc64f0c00058b2db5bb0e4b8cc3e | ≥ 4494bccb52ffda22ce5a1163a776d970e6229e08, < 16ff0895283058b0f96d4fe277aa25ee096f0ea8 | ≥ d7567f098f54cb53ee3cee1c82e3d0ed9698b6b3, < 5d537b8d900514509622ce92330b70d2e581d409 | ≥ 1df42be305fe478ded1ee0c1d775f4ece713483b, < 7ae890ee19479eeeb87724cca8430b5cb3660c74 | ≥ c46cd6aaca81040deaea3500ba75126963294bd9, < aca06c617c83295f0caa486ad608fbef7bdc11e8 | ≥ 7e4196935069947d8b70b09c1660b67b067e75cb, < 4c8002277167125078e6b9b90137bdf443ebaa08 | ≥ 5.10.226, < 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.15.167, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 6.1.110, < 6.1.111 | ≥ 6.6.51, < 6.6.52 | ≥ 6.10.10, < 6.10.11
  • linux_kernelEOL5.10.226 | 5.15.167 | 6.1.110 | 6.6.51 | 6.10.10
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.11-1

3 vendors · 101 products

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