{"cve":"CVE-2024-56696","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-28T10:15:15.807","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:46.070","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: core: Fix possible NULL dereference caused by kunit_kzalloc()\n\nkunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without\nNULL check may lead to NULL dereference.\nAdd NULL checks for all the kunit_kzalloc() in sound_kunit.c","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013ca"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56696","score":0.00204,"percentile":0.10396,"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."]}