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GHSA-8896-PXP4-28PJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-29 09:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()

If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2024-56716 (GCVE-0-2024-56716)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-29 08:48 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:53

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81bdfcd6e6a998e21…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a6daaf7cfb2de37…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10321be26ff9e9e9…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470c5ecbac2f19b1c…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9ef6bdf71bf25f4…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee76746387f6233bd…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 82c93a87bf8bc0cdb5ec2ab99da7d87715ff889f , < 81bdfcd6e6a998e219c9dd49ec7291c2e0594bbc (git)
Affected: 82c93a87bf8bc0cdb5ec2ab99da7d87715ff889f , < b3a6daaf7cfb2de37b89fd7a5a2ad4ea9aa3e181 (git)
Affected: 82c93a87bf8bc0cdb5ec2ab99da7d87715ff889f , < d10321be26ff9e9e912697e9e8448099654ff561 (git)
Affected: 82c93a87bf8bc0cdb5ec2ab99da7d87715ff889f , < 470c5ecbac2f19b1cdee2a6ce8d5650c3295c94b (git)
Affected: 82c93a87bf8bc0cdb5ec2ab99da7d87715ff889f , < 8e9ef6bdf71bf25f4735e0230ce1919de8985835 (git)
Affected: 82c93a87bf8bc0cdb5ec2ab99da7d87715ff889f , < ee76746387f6233bdfa93d7406990f923641568f (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.233 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.176 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.122 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.68 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.7 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8896-PXP4-28PJ

CVE-2024-56716 (GCVE-0-2024-56716)

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