CVE-2024-56601 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: inet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet_create()
sock_init_data() attaches the allocated sk object to the provided sock
object. If inet_create() fails later, the sk object is freed, but the
sock object retains the dangling pointer, which may create use-after-free
later.
Clear the sk pointer in the sock object on error.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9