CVE-2024-56730
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56730
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-56730.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-56730
- Downstream
- Published
- 2024-12-29T11:30:07.876Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T16:10:02.066230Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation
On the linux-next, next-20241108 vanilla kernel, the coccinelle tool gave the following error report:
./net/9p/transusbg.c:912:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 911 returns NULL not ERRPTR on failure
kzalloc() failure is fixed to handle the NULL return case on the memory exhaustion.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56730.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56730.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56730
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introduceda3be076dc174d9022a71a12554feb4c97b5c4d5cFixed2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8ccFixedff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad