CVE-2024-56605
High
Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create() bt_sock_alloc() allocates the sk object and attaches it to the provided sock object. On error l2cap_sock_alloc() frees the sk object, but the dangling pointer is still attached to the sock object, which may create use-after-free in other code.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 27, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-56605
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create() bt_sock_alloc() allocates the sk object and attaches it to the provided sock object. On error l2cap_sock_alloc() frees the sk object, but the dangling pointer is still attached to the sock object, which may create use-after-free in other code.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61686abc2f3c2c67822aa23ce6f160467ec83d35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4f78cdb8e7501e9f92d291a7d956591bf73be9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad09ddc63ace3950ac43db6fbfe25b40f589dd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8677028dd5123e5e525b8195483994d87123de4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb2f2342a6ddf7c04f9aefbbfe86104cd138e629
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daa13175a6dea312a76099066cb4cbd4fc959a84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6ad641646b67f29c7578dcd6c25813c7dcbf51e
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56605.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56605