CVE-2024-56773: 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: kunit: Fix potential null dereference in kunit_device_driver_test() kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without NULL check may lead to NULL dereference. Add a NULL check for test_state.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.8, before 6.12.4 (fixed in 6.12.4)

Published 2025-01-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.