CVE-2024-56688
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Dec 28, 2024
Updated: Jan 8, 2025
CWE ID 476
Summary
CVE-2024-56688 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's sunrpc subsystem. During the reset of a transport, the XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT was not cleared, leaving it referencing a null transport socket. As a result, the xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts() function might attempt to dereference this null pointer, leading to potential crashes or undefined behavior. This issue has been resolved.
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