{"cve":"CVE-2024-56606","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T15:15:20.087","modified":"2026-10-15T01:19:17.313","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create()\n\nAfter sock_init_data() the allocated sk object is attached to the provided\nsock object. On error, packet_create() frees the sk object leaving the\ndangling pointer in the sock object on return. Some other code may try\nto use this pointer and cause use-after-free.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/132e615bb1d7cdec2d3cfbdec2efa630e923fd21","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/157f08db94123e2ba56877dd0ac88908b13a5dd0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1e1db927056cb323296e2294a855cd003dfe7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46f2a11cb82b657fd15bab1c47821b635e03838b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71b22837a5e55ac27d6a14b9cdf2326587405c4f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56606","score":0.0025,"percentile":0.16188,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}