CVE-2024-46865: fou: fix initialization of grc

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-27 · updated 2026-10-15
Weakness: CWE-908

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: fix initialization of grc The grc must be initialize first. There can be a condition where if fou is NULL, goto out will be executed and grc would be used uninitialized.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110, 6.6.51, 6.10.10

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ff0895283058b0f96d4fe277aa25ee096f0ea8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/392f6a97fcbecc64f0c00058b2db5bb0e4b8cc3e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8002277167125078e6b9b90137bdf443ebaa08
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d537b8d900514509622ce92330b70d2e581d409
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae890ee19479eeeb87724cca8430b5cb3660c74
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aca06c617c83295f0caa486ad608fbef7bdc11e8
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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