🛡️ CVE-2024-56648 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

net: hsr: avoid potential out-of-bound access in fill_frame_info()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: hsr: avoid potential out-of-bound access in fill_frame_info()

syzbot is able to feed a packet with 14 bytes, pretending

it is a vlan one.

Since fill_frame_info() is relying on skb->mac_len already,

extend the check to cover this case.

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:709 [inline]

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hsr_forward_skb+0x9ee/0x3b10 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:724

fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:709 [inline]

hsr_forward_skb+0x9ee/0x3b10 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:724

hsr_dev_xmit+0x2f0/0x350 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:235

__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5002 [inline]

netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5011 [inline]

xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3590 [inline]

dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa20 net/core/dev.c:3606

__dev_queue_xmit+0x366a/0x57d0 net/core/dev.c:4434

dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3168 [inline]

packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6c0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276

packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3146 [inline]

packet_sendmsg+0x91ae/0xa6f0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3178

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]

__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:726

__sys_sendto+0x594/0x750 net/socket.c:2197

__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2204 [inline]

__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2200 [inline]

__x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2200

x64_sys_call+0x346a/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:45

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Uninit was created at:

slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4091 [inline]

slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4134 [inline]

kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x6bf/0xb80 mm/slub.c:4186

kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:587

__alloc_skb+0x363/0x7b0 net/core/skbuff.c:678

alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1323 [inline]

alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xd00 net/core/skbuff.c:6612

sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa81/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2881

packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2995 [inline]

packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3089 [inline]

packet_sendmsg+0x74c6/0xa6f0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3178

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]

__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:726

__sys_sendto+0x594/0x750 net/socket.c:2197

__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2204 [inline]

__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2200 [inline]

__x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2200

x64_sys_call+0x346a/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:45

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-56648 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.12.5)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 27 December 2024 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2024-56648 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-12-27
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-15

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.2.0 6.12.5
linux-kernel

References

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