CVE-2024-56696

low-risk
Published 2024-12-28

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: core: Fix possible NULL dereference caused by kunit_kzalloc() kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without NULL check may lead to NULL dereference. Add NULL checks for all the kunit_kzalloc() in sound_kunit.c

Do I need to act?

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0.03% 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 (3)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013ca
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal