nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release

published 2024-09-13 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41957

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Once we drop the delegation reference, the fields embedded in it are no longer safe to access. Do that last.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1 links 2

Linux Linux 6.10.8, 6.11

linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.10.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46696

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-46696 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 7.3

kernel: nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-29)

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-46696
NVD CVE-2024-46696

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Summary