{"cve":"CVE-2024-56681","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-28T10:15:09.967","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:02.660","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: bcm - add error check in the ahash_hmac_init function\n\nThe ahash_init functions may return fails. The ahash_hmac_init should\nnot return ok when ahash_init returns error. For an example, ahash_init\nwill return -ENOMEM when allocation memory is error.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f0a3f5477ecaa1cf46448504afe9e7c2e96fcc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19630cf57233e845b6ac57c9c969a4888925467b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28f8ffa945f7d7150463e15097ea73b19529d6f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ea3e3b761e371102bb1486778e2f8dbc9e37413","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75e1e38e5d80d6d9011b7322698ffba3dd3db30a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56681","score":0.00242,"percentile":0.15159,"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."]}