PT-2024-36987 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Published 2024-12-28 · Updated 2025-10-06 · CVE-2024-56679

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 vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, specifically in the octeontx2-pf module. The issue involved handling errors for otx2 mbox get rsp in the otx2 common.c file. An error pointer check has been added after calling otx2 mbox get rsp() to address the problem.

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

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05006

CVE-2024-56679

DLA-4076-1

OESA-2025-1078

OESA-2025-1079

OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0428-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0499-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025_0557-1

SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1

SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1

SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1

SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1

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

USN-7276-1

USN-7277-1

USN-7310-1

USN-7387-1

USN-7387-2

USN-7387-3

USN-7388-1

USN-7389-1

USN-7390-1

USN-7407-1

USN-7421-1

USN-7449-1

USN-7449-2

USN-7450-1

USN-7451-1

USN-7452-1

USN-7453-1

USN-7458-1

USN-7459-1

USN-7459-2

USN-7468-1

USN-7523-1

USN-7524-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2732

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56679.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56594 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49907 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50205 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56622 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57895 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56620 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53103 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56780 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21649 · Vendor Advisory