CVE-2024-56573
MEDIUMLinux kernel - Use After Free
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/libstub: Free correct pointer on failure cmdline_ptr is an out parameter, which is not allocated by the function itself, and likely points into the caller's stack. cmdline refers to the pool allocation that should be freed when cleaning up after a failure, so pass this instead to free_pool().
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
16.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-763
Status
published
Affected Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.6.64
linux/Kernel
< 6.6.64linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.12.4linux
Timeline
Published
Dec 27, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026