CVE-2024-56606 (GCVE-0-2024-56606)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-27 14:51 – Updated: 2026-10-15 00:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create()
After sock_init_data() the allocated sk object is attached to the provided
sock object. On error, packet_create() frees the sk object leaving the
dangling pointer in the sock object on return. Some other code may try
to use this pointer and cause use-after-free.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-11 15:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
11 references
Impacted products
8 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < 71b22837a5e55ac27d6a14b9cdf2326587405c4f
(git)
Affected: b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < 1dc1e1db927056cb323296e2294a855cd003dfe7 (git) Affected: b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < 132e615bb1d7cdec2d3cfbdec2efa630e923fd21 (git) Affected: b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < a6cf750b737374454a4e03a5ed449a3eb0c96414 (git) Affected: b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < 157f08db94123e2ba56877dd0ac88908b13a5dd0 (git) Affected: b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < fd09880b16d33aa5a7420578e01cd79148fa9829 (git) Affected: b013840810c221f2b0cf641d01531526052dc1fb , < 46f2a11cb82b657fd15bab1c47821b635e03838b (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
3.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.14 (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.287 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.231 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.174 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.120 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.66 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.5 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP |
Affected:
V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP |
Affected:
V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP |
Affected:
V3.1.0 , < V3.1.5
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM RST2428P |
Affected:
0 , < V3.2
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family |
Affected:
0 , < V3.2
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family |
Affected:
0 , < V3.2
(custom)
|
guessed |
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