CVE-2024-56601

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: inet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet_create() sock_init_data() attaches the allocated sk object to the provided sock object. If inet_create() fails later, the sk object is freed, but the sock object retains the dangling pointer, which may create use-after-free later. Clear the sk pointer in the sock object 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/25447c6aaa7235f155292b0c58a067347e8ae891
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bc34d8c8898ae9fddf4612501aabb22d76c2b2c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8258070b0f2aba66b3ef18883de229674fb288
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691d6d816f93b2a1008c14178399061466e674ef
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9365fa510c6f82e3aa550a09d0c5c6b44dbc78ff

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