{"cve":"CVE-2024-56716","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-29T09:15:06.777","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:48.947","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()\n\nIf either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.","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-1284"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470c5ecbac2f19b1cdee2a6ce8d5650c3295c94b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81bdfcd6e6a998e219c9dd49ec7291c2e0594bbc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9ef6bdf71bf25f4735e0230ce1919de8985835","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a6daaf7cfb2de37b89fd7a5a2ad4ea9aa3e181","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10321be26ff9e9e912697e9e8448099654ff561"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56716","score":0.00208,"percentile":0.10897,"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."]}