CVE-2024-56573
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
efi/libstub: Free correct pointer on failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/libstub: Free correct pointer on failure cmdline_ptr is an out parameter, which is not allocated by the function itself, and likely points into the caller's stack. cmdline refers to the pool allocation that should be freed when cleaning up after a failure, so pass this instead to free_pool().
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42c8ea3dca094ab82776ca706fb7a9cbe8ac3dc9 | affected | git | d173aee5709bd0994d216d60589ec67f8b11376a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 42c8ea3dca094ab82776ca706fb7a9cbe8ac3dc9 | affected | git | eaafbcf0a5782ae412ca7de12ef83fc48ccea4cf | Unavailable | None listed |
| 42c8ea3dca094ab82776ca706fb7a9cbe8ac3dc9 | affected | git | 06d39d79cbd5a91a33707951ebf2512d0e759847 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.64 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.13 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |