CVE-2024-56730

MEDIUM EPSS 7.0%
Published Dec 29, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Dec 29, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation On the linux-next, next-20241108 vanilla kernel, the coccinelle tool gave the following error report: ./net/9p/trans_usbg.c:912:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 911 returns NULL not ERR_PTR on failure kzalloc() failure is fixed to handle the NULL return case on the memory exhaustion.

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
7.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.12  –  <6.12.2

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8cc
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8cc
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad
    Patch