PT-2024-37040 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Published 2024-10-17 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2024-56727

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 was due to not checking error pointers after calling otx2 mbox get rsp() in otx2 flows.c. This has been addressed by adding an error pointer check after the otx2 mbox get rsp() call.

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

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_12746

ALSA-2025_12752

ALSA-2025_12753

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2024-17893

ALT-PU-2025-12647

BDU:2025-07845

CVE-2024-56727

DLA-4076-1

OESA-2025-1286

OESA-2025-1450

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-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

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2734

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56727.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56627 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20530.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56602 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57911 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49963 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56647 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53191 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-56615 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21783 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21858 · Security Note