CVE-2024-56716

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

29/12/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()<br /> <br /> If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.

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::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.233 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.176 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.122 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.68 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3::::::

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

CVE-2024-56716

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools