Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-56713

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netdevsim: fix nsim_pp_hold_write() nsim_pp_hold_write() has two problems: 1) It may return with rtnl held, as found by syzbot. 2) Its return value does not propagate an error if any.

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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 (6.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-56713: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

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

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 1580cbcbfe770b0a7fb76735c1a601483335c1c2, 6.10, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.13

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56713?
CVE-2024-56713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-56713?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56713 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.