CVE-2024-56700 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 28
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: wl128x: Fix atomicity violation in fmc_send_cmd()
Atomicity violation occurs when the fmc_send_cmd() function is executed
simultaneously with the modification of the fmdev->resp_skb value.
Consider a scenario where, after passing the validity check within the
function, a non-null fmdev->resp_skb variable is assigned a null value.
This results in an invalid fmdev->resp_skb variable passing the validity
check. As seen in …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe8454ff7b9a4d56f02c095bff12d3c92ef4c7fa6 — d16109c9fdc1b8cea4fe63b42e06e926c3f68990+9