5.5

CVE-2024-56742: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56742DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56742
Published 29-12-2024Last modified 21-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56742 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
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 21 · Related 23
SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1SUSE-SU-2025:02996-1SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1

Timeline

  1. 29-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages() Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages(). If a set of pages is allocated but fails to be added to the SG table, they need to be freed to prevent a memory leak. Any pages successfully added to the SG table will be freed as part of mlx5vf_free_data_buffer().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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

Ubuntu104 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6fadb021266d03c5fd7bca2cfa1607efd246dad1, < 465e06ffbb681f6fe34ca3aeba4b609677c3d4c1 | ≥ 6fadb021266d03c5fd7bca2cfa1607efd246dad1, < 769fe4ce444b646b0bf6ac308de80686c730c7df | ≥ 6fadb021266d03c5fd7bca2cfa1607efd246dad1, < c44f1b2ddfa81c8d7f8e9b6bc76c427bc00e69d5 | ≥ 6fadb021266d03c5fd7bca2cfa1607efd246dad1, < 22e87bf3f77c18f5982c19ffe2732ef0c7a25f16 | 5.18
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.18, < 6.11.11 | ≥ 6.12, < 6.12.2
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.3-1

3 vendors · 107 products

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