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Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-46768hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists The BIOS can choose to return no event data in response to a WMI event, so the ACPI object passed to the WMI notify handler can be NULL. Check for such a situation and ignore the event in such a case.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.10.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46768
Debian:14linux6.10.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-50.51UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1020.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1015.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1019.21.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 23902f98f8d4811ab84dde6419569a5b374f8122 – before 217539e994e53206bbf3fb330261cc78c480d31123902f98f8d4811ab84dde6419569a5b374f8122 – before 4b19c83ba108aa66226da5b79810e4d19e005f1223902f98f8d4811ab84dde6419569a5b374f8122 – before a54da9df75cd1b4b5028f6c60f9a211532680585
Linux Linux 6.5

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