CVE-2024-56557: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ad7923: Fix buffer overflow for tx_buf and ring_xfer 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 ad7923_update_scan_mode().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.6, before 6.1.120 (fixed in 6.1.120); from 6.2, before 6.6.64 (fixed in 6.6.64); from 6.7, before 6.12.4 (fixed in 6.12.4)

Published 2024-12-27. Last modified 2026-08-04.