---
id: CVE-2024-46865
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  fou: fix initialization of grc

  The grc must be initialize first
summary: |-
  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
  uniniti…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-908
  - CWE-20
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - linux_kernel = 5.10.226
  - linux_kernel = 5.15.167
  - linux_kernel = 6.1.110
  - linux_kernel = 6.6.51
  - linux_kernel = 6.10.10
published: '2024-09-27'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:18:53.800'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46865'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ff0895283058b0f96d4fe277aa25ee096f0ea8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/392f6a97fcbecc64f0c00058b2db5bb0e4b8cc3e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8002277167125078e6b9b90137bdf443ebaa08'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d537b8d900514509622ce92330b70d2e581d409'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae890ee19479eeeb87724cca8430b5cb3660c74'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aca06c617c83295f0caa486ad608fbef7bdc11e8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-46865.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46865'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315217'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46865'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46865'
  - url: >-
      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024092745-CVE-2024-46865-c6a7@gregkh/T
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - score-dispute
epss: 0.00546
epssPercentile: 0.45595
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.744Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-09-29T13:42:07.132296Z'
scores:
  nvd: 9.8
  vendor: 5.5
---

## Overview

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

- `linux_kernel = 5.10.226`
- `linux_kernel = 5.15.167`
- `linux_kernel = 6.1.110`
- `linux_kernel = 6.6.51`
- `linux_kernel = 6.10.10`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · updated 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-46865.json)