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CVE-2024-56606
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-12-27T15:15:20.087 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:12:31.960

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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