CVE-2024-56716: 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: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.5, before 5.10.233 (fixed in 5.10.233); from 5.11, before 5.15.176 (fixed in 5.15.176); from 5.16, before 6.1.122 (fixed in 6.1.122); from 6.2, before 6.6.68 (fixed in 6.6.68); from 6.7, before 6.12.7 (fixed in 6.12.7); version 6.13 only

Published 2024-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.