CVE-2024-56563: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix cred leak in ceph_mds_check_access() get_current_cred() increments the reference counter, but the put_cred() call was missing.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.10, before 6.12.4 (fixed in 6.12.4)

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