CVE-2024-56546

low-risk
Published 2024-12-27

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: soc: xilinx: add the missing kfree in xlnx_add_cb_for_suspend() If we fail to allocate memory for cb_data by kmalloc, the memory allocation for eve_data is never freed, add the missing kfree() in the error handling path.

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (6)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/272168927f38bda46f6c1ed5f40de97689e7a5d2
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ed4f90a97ff6f339e50ac01db71544e0990efc
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584d420771e1ad2bb74e19a19da8ae0fee0a6e1f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a3bda42394ff137eb2d3d3d20d2956a8c6e9237
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/882d7afaa4b82c20a7be7a3a039532a80ebacd23
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal