What is CVE-2024-56622?

CVE-2024-56622 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-56622?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-56622 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-56622

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ufs: core: sysfs: Prevent div by zero Prevent a division by 0 when monitoring is not enabled.

Published 2024-12-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions 1d8613a23f3c3b8f0101e453ff150e05a0d1cd4f, 5.14, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56622?: CVE-2024-56622 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-56622?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56622 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.