{"cve":"CVE-2024-56573","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T15:15:16.320","modified":"2026-08-04T11:22:11.357","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nefi/libstub: Free correct pointer on failure\n\ncmdline_ptr is an out parameter, which is not allocated by the function\nitself, and likely points into the caller's stack.\n\ncmdline refers to the pool allocation that should be freed when cleaning\nup after a failure, so pass this instead to free_pool().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-763"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06d39d79cbd5a91a33707951ebf2512d0e759847","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d173aee5709bd0994d216d60589ec67f8b11376a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaafbcf0a5782ae412ca7de12ef83fc48ccea4cf"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56573","score":0.00234,"percentile":0.14396,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}