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    "id": "CVE-2024-46679",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46679",
    "idYear": 2024,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-09-13T05:29:13.450Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:50:14.512Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: check device is present when getting link settings\n\nA sysfs reader can race with a device reset or removal, attempting to\nread device state when the device is not actually present. eg:\n\n     [exception RIP: qed_get_current_link+17]\n  #8 [ffffb9e4f2907c48] qede_get_link_ksettings at ffffffffc07a994a [qede]\n  #9 [ffffb9e4f2907cd8] __rh_call_get_link_ksettings at ffffffff992b01a3\n #10 [ffffb9e4f2907d38] __ethtool_get_link_ksettings at ffffffff992b04e4\n #11 [ffffb9e4f2907d90] duplex_show at ffffffff99260300\n #12 [ffffb9e4f2907e38] dev_attr_show at ffffffff9905a01c\n #13 [ffffb9e4f2907e50] sysfs_kf_seq_show at ffffffff98e0145b\n #14 [ffffb9e4f2907e68] seq_read at ffffffff98d902e3\n #15 [ffffb9e4f2907ec8] vfs_read at ffffffff98d657d1\n #16 [ffffb9e4f2907f00] ksys_read at ffffffff98d65c3f\n #17 [ffffb9e4f2907f38] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff98a052fb\n\n crash> struct net_device.state ffff9a9d21336000\n    state = 5,\n\nstate 5 is __LINK_STATE_START (0b1) and __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER (0b100).\nThe device is not present, note lack of __LINK_STATE_PRESENT (0b10).\n\nThis is the same sort of panic as observed in commit 4224cfd7fb65\n(\"net-sysfs: add check for netdevice being present to speed_show\").\n\nThere are many other callers of __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() which\ndon't have a device presence check.\n\nMove this check into ethtool to protect all callers.",
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