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Red Hat: CVE-2024-46696: kernel: nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2024-46696: kernel: nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2024, 46696, kernel, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 7

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Sep 13, 2024

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 10, 2025

Description

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

nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release

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

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2024-46696

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