CVE-2024-46855: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_socket: fix sk refcount leaks We must put 'sk' reference before returning.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.3, before 6.1.111 (fixed in 6.1.111); from 6.2, before 6.6.52 (fixed in 6.6.52); from 6.7, before 6.10.11 (fixed in 6.10.11); version 4.19.76 only; version 5.2.18 only; version 6.11 only

Published 2024-09-27. Last modified 2026-08-04.