CVE-2024-56605 — Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416 — Use After Free78 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create() bt_sock_alloc() allocates the sk object and attaches it to the provided sock object. On error l2cap_sock_alloc() frees the sk object, but the dangling pointer is still attached to the sock object, which may create use-after-free in other code.

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

Affected Packages8 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.5 — 5.10.231+5
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-211.231+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux49dfbb9129c4edb318578de35cc45c555df37884 — f6ad641646b67f29c7578dcd6c25813c7dcbf51e+7

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

38
OSV
linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-05-26
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OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-05-20
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OSV
linux-gcp-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2025-04-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

39
CISA ICS
Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS↗2025-08-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-05-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-05-20
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