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CVE-2024-56606

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2024-12-27 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-416, CWE-416

References