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CVE-2024-46737

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-46737 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's nvmet-tcp module, affecting Linux kernel versions. This flaw occurs when the nvmet_tcp_alloc_cmds() function fails to allocate commands, leading to a kernel crash during queue release. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L) to trigger a denial of service (A:H) with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, < 5.4.284CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.226CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.167CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.110CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

codesyspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
esphomepatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17250-17086Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17610-17084Fixed in: 6.6.51.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.47.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.51.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19670-17086Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.167.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.164.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.51.1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.51.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17207-16823Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17651-17084Fixed in: 6.6.51.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 6.6.51.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 6.6.51.1-5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (5)

codesysllm-codesys-fe85e88fbae25bb9CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP7 Security Updates

Jun 3, 2025
esphomellm-esphome-ed450ce9fd6a7380CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP7 Security Updates

Jun 3, 2025
microsoft2024-Oct/CVE-2024-46737

CVE-2024-46737

Oct 8, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-46737Moderate

kernel: nvmet-tcp: fix kernel crash if commands allocation fails

Sep 18, 2024
microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2024-46737Moderate

nvmet-tcp: fix kernel crash if commands allocation fails

Sep 10, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/03e1fd0327fa5e2174567f5fe9290fe21d21b8f4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/489f2913a63f528cfe3f21722583fb981967ecda
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/50632b877ce55356f5d276b9add289b1e7ddc683
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5572a55a6f830ee3f3a994b6b962a5c327d28cb3
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6c04d1e3ab22cc5394ef656429638a5947f87244
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7957c731fc2b23312f8935812dee5a0b14b04e2d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/91dad30c5607e62864f888e735d0965567827bdf
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html