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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-46768

CVE-2024-46768

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists

The BIOS can choose to return no event data in response to a WMI event, so the ACPI object passed to the WMI notify handler can be NULL.

Check for such a situation and ignore the event in such a case.

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Affected products

10

Linux/Kernel9 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.5,<6.6.51
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 6.5
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 6.5.0, < 6.6.51

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