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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

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 products

• Linux kernel: from 6.5 before 6.6.51; from 6.7 before 6.10.10; 6.11-rc1, 6.11-rc2, 6.11-rc3, 6.11-rc4, 6.11-rc5, 6.11-rc6 — fixed in 6.10.10, 6.6.51

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.10, 6.6.51. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217539e994e53206bbf3fb330261cc78c480d311
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b19c83ba108aa66226da5b79810e4d19e005f12
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54da9df75cd1b4b5028f6c60f9a211532680585

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