CVE-2024-56716
Moderate
netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 29, 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-2024-56716
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470c5ecbac2f19b1cdee2a6ce8d5650c3295c94b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81bdfcd6e6a998e219c9dd49ec7291c2e0594bbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9ef6bdf71bf25f4735e0230ce1919de8985835
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a6daaf7cfb2de37b89fd7a5a2ad4ea9aa3e181
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10321be26ff9e9e912697e9e8448099654ff561
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee76746387f6233bdfa93d7406990f923641568f
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56716.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-2024-56716