{"cve":"CVE-2024-56643","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T15:15:24.040","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:37.623","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndccp: Fix memory leak in dccp_feat_change_recv\n\nIf dccp_feat_push_confirm() fails after new value for SP feature was accepted\nwithout reconciliation ('entry == NULL' branch), memory allocated for that value\nwith dccp_feat_clone_sp_val() is never freed.\n\nHere is the kmemleak stack for this:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88801d4ab488 (size 8):\n  comm \"syz-executor310\", pid 1127, jiffies 4295085598 (age 41.666s)\n  hex dump (first 8 bytes):\n    01 b4 4a 1d 80 88 ff ff                          ..J.....\n  backtrace:\n    [<00000000db7cabfe>] kmemdup+0x23/0x50 mm/util.c:128\n    [<0000000019b38405>] kmemdup include/linux/string.h:465 [inline]\n    [<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_clone_sp_val net/dccp/feat.c:371 [inline]\n    [<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_clone_sp_val net/dccp/feat.c:367 [inline]\n    [<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_change_recv net/dccp/feat.c:1145 [inline]\n    [<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_parse_options+0x1196/0x2180 net/dccp/feat.c:1416\n    [<00000000b1f6d94a>] dccp_parse_options+0xa2a/0x1260 net/dccp/options.c:125\n    [<0000000030d7b621>] dccp_rcv_state_process+0x197/0x13d0 net/dccp/input.c:650\n    [<000000001f74c72e>] dccp_v4_do_rcv+0xf9/0x1a0 net/dccp/ipv4.c:688\n    [<00000000a6c24128>] sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1041 [inline]\n    [<00000000a6c24128>] __release_sock+0x139/0x3b0 net/core/sock.c:2570\n    [<00000000cf1f3a53>] release_sock+0x54/0x1b0 net/core/sock.c:3111\n    [<000000008422fa23>] inet_wait_for_connect net/ipv4/af_inet.c:603 [inline]\n    [<000000008422fa23>] __inet_stream_connect+0x5d0/0xf70 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:696\n    [<0000000015b6f64d>] inet_stream_connect+0x53/0xa0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:735\n    [<0000000010122488>] __sys_connect_file+0x15c/0x1a0 net/socket.c:1865\n    [<00000000b4b70023>] __sys_connect+0x165/0x1a0 net/socket.c:1882\n    [<00000000f4cb3815>] __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:1892 [inline]\n    [<00000000f4cb3815>] __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:1889 [inline]\n    [<00000000f4cb3815>] __x64_sys_connect+0x6e/0xb0 net/socket.c:1889\n    [<00000000e7b1e839>] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46\n    [<0000000055e91434>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1\n\nClean up the allocated memory in case of dccp_feat_push_confirm() failure\nand bail out with an error reset code.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.","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-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22be4727a8f898442066bcac34f8a1ad0bc72e14","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/623be080ab3c13d71570bd32f7202a8efa8e2252","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ff67909ee2ffad911e3122616df41dee23ff4f6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ee68b0f23706a77f53c832457b9384178b76421","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc3d4423def1a9412a0ae454cb4477089ab79276"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56643","score":0.00229,"percentile":0.13765,"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."]}