CVE-2024-56676

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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

thermal: testing: Initialize some variables annoteded with _free()

Variables annotated with __free() need to be initialized if the function can return before they get updated for the first time or the attempt to free the memory pointed to by them upon function return may crash the kernel.

Fix this issue in some places in the thermal testing code.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-909

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 28, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2024-56676: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix