CVE-2024-56601EPSS p15.2%
CVE-2024-56601CVE-2024-56601
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: inet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet_create()
sock_init_data() attaches the allocated sk object to the provided sock
object. If inet_create() fails later, the sk object is freed, but the
sock object retains the dangling pointer, which may create use-after-free
later.
Clear the sk pointer in the sock object on error.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.25% probability of exploitation · percentile 15.2% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-15 |