PT-2024-36976 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2024-11-26 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2024-56666

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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 null dereference vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel's drm/amdkfd component. The issue occurred in the function pqm uninit, where a call-assignment of pdd = kfd get process device data could be null, and this value was later dereferenced without checking.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2024-17881

BDU:2025-15880

CVE-2024-56666

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 22

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56666.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-15880 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20480.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-56666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2024-56666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56666 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20530.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/768442d918932c4da09003f1fd6be1750b93a4ba · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56666 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a592bb19abdc2072875c87da606461bfd7821b08 · Patch
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.6 · Note