CVE-2024-56600

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: inet6: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet6_create() sock_init_data() attaches the allocated sk pointer to the provided sock object. If inet6_create() fails later, the sk object is released, but the sock object retains the dangling sk pointer, which may cause use-after-free later. Clear the sock sk pointer on error.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-416

Published

2024-12-27

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/276a473c956fb55a6f3affa9ff232e10fffa7b43
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35360255ca30776dee34d9fa764cffa24d0a5f65
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/706b07b7b37f886423846cb38919132090bc40da
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e16a0d339532ea832d85798eb036fc4f9e0cea
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df99c395d0f55fb444ef39f4d6f194ca437d884

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