CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-56600

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Dec 27, 2024Sources checked Oct 3, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-56600 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

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CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

5.15.176.3-1
6.6.76.1-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-56600?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: inet6: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet6_create() sock_init_data() attaches the allocated sk pointer to the provided sock object. If inet6_create() fails later, the sk object is released, but the sock object retains the dangling sk pointer, which may cause use-after-free later. Clear the sock sk pointer on error.