{"cve":"CVE-2024-56676","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-28T10:15:06.113","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:43.390","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: testing: Initialize some variables annoteded with _free()\n\nVariables annotated with __free() need to be initialized if the function\ncan return before they get updated for the first time or the attempt to\nfree the memory pointed to by them upon function return may crash the\nkernel.\n\nFix this issue in some places in the thermal testing code.","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-909"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0104dcdaad3a7afd141e79a5fb817a92ada910ac","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/526c132124a62be486bad1701f7e8e92212ccec6"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56676","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.13158,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}