CVE-2024-56707: 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: octeontx2-pf: handle otx2_mbox_get_rsp errors in otx2_dmac_flt.c Add error pointer checks after calling otx2_mbox_get_rsp().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.14.1, 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 6.11.11 (fixed in 6.11.11); from 6.12, before 6.12.2 (fixed in 6.12.2); version 5.14 only

Published 2024-12-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.