CVE-2024-56560

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Dec 27, 2024 linux EPSS 0.19% (8th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-56560 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 27, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

slab: Fix too strict alignment check in create_cache()

On m68k, where the minimum alignment of unsigned long is 2 bytes:

Kernel panic - not syncing: __kmem_cache_create_args: Failed to create slab 'io_kiocb'. Error -22

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.12.0-atari-03776-g7eaa1f99261a #1783

Stack from 0102fe5c:

0102fe5c 00514a2b 00514a2b ffffff00 00000001 0051f5ed 00425e78 00514a2b

0041eb74 ffffffea 00000310 0051f5ed ffffffea ffffffea 00601f60 00000044

0102ff20 000e7a68 0051ab8e 004383b8 0051f5ed ffffffea 000000b8 00000007

01020c00 00000000 000e77f0 0041e5f0 005f67c0 0051f5ed 000000b6 0102fef4

00000310 0102fef4 00000000 00000016 005f676c 0060a34c 00000010 00000004

00000038 0000009a 01000000 000000b8 005f668e 0102e000 00001372 0102ff88

Call Trace: [<00425e78>] dump_stack+0xc/0x10

[<0041eb74>] panic+0xd8/0x26c

[<000e7a68>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0x

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.12, < 6.12.4	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b5aea5e5186733fa4e5aa4293b0a65a933f1a16 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/9008fe8fad8255edfdbecea32d7eb0485d939d0d

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-56560?

CVE-2024-56560 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on December 27, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-56560?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-56560?

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