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CVE-2024-46735: ublk_drv: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 136a29d8112df4ea0a57f9602ddf3579e04089dc, 7c890ef60bf417d3fe5c6f7a9f6cef0e1d77f74f, ca249435893dda766f3845c15ca77ca5672022d8.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 136a29d8112df4ea0a57f9602ddf3579e04089dc, 7c890ef60bf417d3fe5c6f7a9f6cef0e1d77f74f, ca249435893dda766f3845c15ca77ca5672022d8 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk_drv: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery() When two UBLK_CMD_START_USER_RECOVERY commands are submitted, the first one sets 'ubq->ubq_daemon' to NULL, and the second one triggers WARN in ublk_queue_reinit() and subsequently a NULL pointer dereference issue. Fix it by adding the check in ublk_ctrl_start_recovery() and return immediately in case of zero 'ub->nr_queues_ready'. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 RIP: 0010:ublk_ctrl_start_recovery.constprop.0+0x82/0x180 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x20/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x75/0x170 ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x140 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? ublk_ctrl_start_recovery.constprop.0+0x82/0x180 ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd+0x4f7/0x6c0 ? pick_next_task_idle+0x26/0x40 io_uring_cmd+0x9a/0x1b0 io_issue_sqe+0x193/0x3f0 io_wq_submit_work+0x9b/0x390 io_worker_handle_work+0x165/0x360 io_wq_worker+0xcb/0x2f0 ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x203/0x290 ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x203/0x290 ? __pfx_io_wq_worker+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_io_wq_worker+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 18, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 15th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.110
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.51
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.10.10
  • linux linux kernel6.11

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.1affected
    • c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c and later · before ca249435893dda766f3845c15ca77ca5672022d8affected · git
    • c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c and later · before 136a29d8112df4ea0a57f9602ddf3579e04089dcaffected · git
    • c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c and later · before 7c890ef60bf417d3fe5c6f7a9f6cef0e1d77f74faffected · git
    • c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c and later · before e58f5142f88320a5b1449f96a146f2f24615c5c7affected · git
    • before 6.1not affected · semver
    • 6.1.110 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.51 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.10.10 and later · up to and including 6.10.*not affected · semver
    • 6.11 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.112-16.1.112-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.10.11-16.10.11-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-46733Sep 18, 2024 · btrfs: fix qgroup reserve leaks in cow_file_range
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-46734Sep 18, 2024 · btrfs: fix race between direct IO write and fsync when using same fd
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-46736Sep 18, 2024 · smb: client: fix double put of @cfile in smb2_rename_path()
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux136a29d8112df4ea0a57f9602ddf3579e04089dcVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7c890ef60bf417d3fe5c6f7a9f6cef0e1d77f74fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxca249435893dda766f3845c15ca77ca5672022d8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe58f5142f88320a5b1449f96a146f2f24615c5c7Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.112-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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