CVE-2024-56730

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation On the linux-next, next-20241108 vanilla kernel, the coccinelle tool gave the following error report: ./net/9p/trans_usbg.c:912:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 911 returns NULL not ERR_PTR on failure kzalloc() failure is fixed to handle the NULL return case on the memory exhaustion.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8cc	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-12-29 12:15

Updated : 2025-10-01 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2024-56730

Mitre link : CVE-2024-56730

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-56730

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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