CVE-2024-56606

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create() After sock_init_data() the allocated sk object is attached to the provided sock object. On error, packet_create() frees the sk object leaving the dangling pointer in the sock object on return. Some other code may try to use this pointer and cause use-after-free.

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/132e615bb1d7cdec2d3cfbdec2efa630e923fd21
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/157f08db94123e2ba56877dd0ac88908b13a5dd0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1e1db927056cb323296e2294a855cd003dfe7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46f2a11cb82b657fd15bab1c47821b635e03838b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71b22837a5e55ac27d6a14b9cdf2326587405c4f

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