CVE-2024-56557

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Publication date:

27/12/2024

Last modified:

18/04/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ad7923: Fix buffer overflow for tx_buf and ring_xfer The AD7923 was updated to support devices with 8 channels, but the size of tx_buf and ring_xfer was not increased accordingly, leading to a potential buffer overflow in ad7923_update_scan_mode().

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.6 (including)	6.1.120 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.64 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-56557

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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