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.

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.5th 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 1580cbcbfe770b0a7fb76735c1a601483335c1c2, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.13

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

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.