5.5

CVE-2024-56727: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56727DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56727
Published 29-12-2024Last modified 01-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56727 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 32 · Related 33
DLA-4076-1SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1

Timeline

  1. 29-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: handle otx2_mbox_get_rsp errors in otx2_flows.c Adding error pointer check after calling otx2_mbox_get_rsp().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu123 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ f0a1913f8a6f947531c3042f9d6524946e661b57, < e3c4e78d636e6dbd8ed72e41b311de2bb7e0b699 | ≥ f0a1913f8a6f947531c3042f9d6524946e661b57, < 8c9f8b35dc3d4ad8053a72bc0c5a7843591f6b75 | ≥ f0a1913f8a6f947531c3042f9d6524946e661b57, < c4eae7bac880edd88aaed6a8ec2997fa85e259c7 | ≥ f0a1913f8a6f947531c3042f9d6524946e661b57, < a479b3d7586e6f77f8337bbcac980eaf2d0a4029 | ≥ f0a1913f8a6f947531c3042f9d6524946e661b57, < e5e60f17d2462ef5c13db4d1a54eef5778fd2295 | ≥ f0a1913f8a6f947531c3042f9d6524946e661b57, < bd3110bc102ab6292656b8118be819faa0de8dd0 | 5.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 6.1.120 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.64 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.11 | ≥ 6.12, < 6.12.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.3-1

3 vendors · 126 products

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