Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-56676
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: testing: Initialize some variables annoteded with _free() Variables annotated with __free() need to be initialized if the function can return before they get updated for the first time or the attempt to free the memory pointed to by them upon function return may crash the kernel. Fix this issue in some places in the thermal testing code.
EPSS: 0.002 (13.0th 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 f6a034f2df426e279f1ecad53626bab80c04796a, 6.12, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-56676?
- CVE-2024-56676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under CWE-909. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-28.
- How severe is CVE-2024-56676?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-56676 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.