VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-56605

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-12-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create() bt_sock_alloc() allocates the sk object and attaches it to the provided sock object. On error l2cap_sock_alloc() frees the sk object, but the dangling pointer is still attached to the sock object, which may create use-after-free in other code.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416

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