CVE-2024-56696

MEDIUM EPSS 9.8%
Published Dec 28, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Dec 28, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: core: Fix possible NULL dereference caused by kunit_kzalloc() kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without NULL check may lead to NULL dereference. Add NULL checks for all the kunit_kzalloc() in sound_kunit.c

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.9  –  <6.11.11
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.12  –  <6.12.2

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013ca
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013ca
    Patch