CVE-2024-56603

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

27/12/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: af_can: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in can_create() On error can_create() frees the allocated sk object, but sock_init_data() has already attached it to the provided sock object. This will leave a dangling sk pointer in the sock object and may cause use-after-free later.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.4.287 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.231 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.174 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.120 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.66 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.5 (excluding)

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

CVE-2024-56603

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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