CVE-2024-46869 (GCVE-0-2024-46869)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-30 15:40 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Allocate memory for driver private data
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Allocate memory for driver private data
Fix driver not allocating memory for struct btintel_data which is used
to store internal data.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-03 13:36 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6e65a09f927566f257322358d429b267548473eb , < fa9e1c1b1f389a8e6d987ac6cb3e2ba04f8ec875
(git)
Affected: 6e65a09f927566f257322358d429b267548473eb , < 2b4545f08cc68d2fc835f5c490b36e0264750030 (git) Affected: 6e65a09f927566f257322358d429b267548473eb , < 7ffaa200251871980af12e57649ad57c70bf0f43 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver) Unaffected: 6.10.12 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.11.1 , ≤ 6.11.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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