What is CVE-2024-56667?

CVE-2024-56667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-56667?

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

Is CVE-2024-56667 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-56667

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix NULL pointer dereference in capture_engine When the intel_context structure contains NULL, it raises a NULL pointer dereference error in drm_info(). (cherry picked from commit 754302a5bc1bd8fd3b7d85c168b0a1af6d4bba4d)

EPSS: 0.002 (12.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Linux — versions e8a3319c31a14aa9925418bc7813c2866903b2c6, 6.3, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56667?: CVE-2024-56667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-56667?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56667 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.