PT-2024-36861 · Linux+7 · Linux Kernel+7

Nuno Sa

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Published

2024-10-29

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Updated

2026-05-26

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CVE-2024-56557

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A buffer overflow issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel, specifically in the iio: adc: ad7923 module. The AD7923 was updated to support devices with 8 channels, but the size of tx buf and ring xfer was not increased accordingly, leading to a potential buffer overflow in the ad7923 update scan mode() function.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_12746
ALSA-2025_12752
ALSA-2025_12753
ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2025-12647
AZL-59019
BDU:2025-07798
CVE-2024-56557
DLA-4076-1
OESA-2025-1093
OESA-2025-1097
OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0428-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0499-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0556-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0557-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0577-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0556-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0577-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0577-2
SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1
SUSE-SU-2025_0428-1
SUSE-SU-2025_0499-1
SUSE-SU-2025_0557-1
SUSE-SU-2025_0577-1
SUSE-SU-2025_0577-2
USN-7379-1
USN-7379-2
USN-7380-1
USN-7381-1
USN-7382-1
USN-7449-1
USN-7449-2
USN-7450-1
USN-7451-1
USN-7452-1
USN-7453-1
USN-7468-1
USN-7523-1
USN-7524-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu