CVE-2024-56606 — af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create() After sock_init_data() the allocate…
Published: 2024-12-27 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create() After sock_init_data() the allocated sk object is attached to the provided sock object. On error, packet_create() frees the sk object leaving the dangling pointer in the sock object on return. Some other code may try to use this pointer and cause use-after-free.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7