CVE-2024-56768: 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: bpf: Fix bpf_get_smp_processor_id() on !CONFIG_SMP On x86-64 calling bpf_get_smp_processor_id() in a kernel with CONFIG_SMP disabled can trigger the following bug, as pcpu_hot is unavailable: [ 8.471774] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000000936a290c [ 8.471849] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 8.471881] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page Fix by inlining a return 0 in the !CONFIG_SMP case.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.10, before 6.12.8 (fixed in 6.12.8); version 6.13 only

Published 2025-01-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.