🛡️ CVE-2024-46800 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

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CVSS Score

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sch/netem: fix use after free in netem_dequeue If netem_dequeue() enqueues packet to inner qdisc and that qdisc returns __NET_XMIT_STOLEN. The packet is dropped but qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() is not called to update the parent's q.qlen, leading to the similar use-after-free as Commit e04991a48dbaf382 ("netem: fix return value if duplicate enqueue fails") Commands to trigger KASAN UaF: ip link add type dummy ip link set lo up ip link set dummy0 up tc qdisc add dev lo parent root handle 1: drr tc filter add dev lo parent 1: basic classid 1:1 tc class add dev lo classid 1:1 drr tc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:1 handle 2: netem tc qdisc add dev lo parent 2: handle 3: drr tc filter add dev lo parent 3: basic classid 3:1 action mirred egress redirect dev dummy0 tc class add dev lo classid 3:1 drr ping -c1 -W0.01 localhost # Trigger bug tc class del dev lo classid 1:1 tc class add dev lo classid 1:1 drr ping -c1 -W0.01 localhost # UaF

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-46800 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.10.11-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46800 is recorded against 2 packages.

linux (fixed in 6.10.11-1)
linux-6.1 (fixed in 6.1.119-1~deb11u1)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 September 2024 and last revised on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-46800 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

BellSoft Base record Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

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

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2024-09-18

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-05

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	6.10.11-1
linux-6.1	—	6.1.119-1~deb11u1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46800

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