{"cve":"CVE-2024-46677","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-13T06:15:12.360","modified":"2026-06-17T07:55:42.727","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngtp: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference\n\nWhen sockfd_lookup() fails, gtp_encap_enable_socket() returns a\nNULL pointer, but its callers only check for error pointers thus miss\nthe NULL pointer case.\n\nFix it by returning an error pointer with the error code carried from\nsockfd_lookup().\n\n(I found this bug during code inspection.)","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c67f0f84f889fe9f4cbda8354132b20dc9212d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4643b91691e969b1b9ad54bf552d7a990cfa3b87","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612edd35f2a3910ab1f61c1f2338889d4ba99fa2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/620fe9809752fae91b4190e897b81ed9976dfb39","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bbb9e4e0e66a39282e582d0440724055404b38c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46677","score":0.00263,"percentile":0.18141,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}