CVE-2024-46792
High
riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory raw_copy_{to,from}_user() do not call access_ok(), so this code allowed userspace to access any virtual memory address.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
September 18, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-46792
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory raw_copy_{to,from}_user() do not call access_ok(), so this code allowed userspace to access any virtual memory address.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b6ff6c896aee5ef9b581e40d0045ff04fcbc8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b686ecdeacf6658e1348c1a32a08e2e72f7c0f00
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/46xxx/CVE-2024-46792.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46792