CVE-2024-46737nvmet-tcp: fix kernel crash if commands allocation fails
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.76%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.76% · top 44% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 03e1fd0327fa5e2174567f5fe9290fe21d21b8f4
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 50632b877ce55356f5d276b9add289b1e7ddc683
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 91dad30c5607e62864f888e735d0965567827bdf
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 7957c731fc2b23312f8935812dee5a0b14b04e2d
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 489f2913a63f528cfe3f21722583fb981967ecda
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 6c04d1e3ab22cc5394ef656429638a5947f87244
- affected 872d26a391da92ed8f0c0f5cb5fef428067b7f30 – < 5572a55a6f830ee3f3a994b6b962a5c327d28cb3
- affected 5.0
- unaffected < 5.0
- unaffected 5.4.284 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.226 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.167 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.110 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.51 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.10 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03e1fd0327fa5e2174567f5fe9290fe21d21b8f4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50632b877ce55356f5d276b9add289b1e7ddc683 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91dad30c5607e62864f888e735d0965567827bdf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7957c731fc2b23312f8935812dee5a0b14b04e2d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/489f2913a63f528cfe3f21722583fb981967ecda (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c04d1e3ab22cc5394ef656429638a5947f87244 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5572a55a6f830ee3f3a994b6b962a5c327d28cb3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-41998 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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