CVE-2024-46686

kernel: smb/client: avoid dereferencing rdata=NULL in smb2_new_read_req()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 13, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

smb/client: avoid dereferencing rdata=NULL in smb2_new_read_req()

This happens when called from SMB2_read() while using rdma and reaching the rdma_readwrite_threshold.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference