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GHSA-8896-pxp4-28pj
GHSA-8896-pxp4-28pj
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published December 29, 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- Dec 29, 2024 CVE Published
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56716 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470c5ecbac2f19b1cdee2a6ce8d5650c3295c94b url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a6daaf7cfb2de37b89fd7a5a2ad4ea9aa3e181 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10321be26ff9e9e912697e9e8448099654ff561 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81bdfcd6e6a998e219c9dd49ec7291c2e0594bbc url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9ef6bdf71bf25f4735e0230ce1919de8985835 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee76746387f6233bdfa93d7406990f923641568f url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html url