CVE-2024-56696

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in ALSA Core kunit_kzalloc Handling

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: core: Fix possible NULL dereference caused by kunit_kzalloc() kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without NULL check may lead to NULL dereference. Add NULL checks for all the kunit_kzalloc() in sound_kunit.c

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013ca

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 9.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (11)

linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.2linux

linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.11.11linux

Linux/Linux < 6.9

Linux/Linux 3e39acf56ededdebd1033349a16b704839b94b28 - 8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f

Linux/Linux 3e39acf56ededdebd1033349a16b704839b94b28 - 9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5

Linux/Linux 3e39acf56ededdebd1033349a16b704839b94b28 - f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013ca

Linux/Linux 6.11.11 - 6.11.*

Linux/Linux 6.12.2 - 6.12.*

Linux/Linux 6.13

Linux/Linux 6.9

... and 1 more

Published Dec 28, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026