{"id":"AZL-55242","summary":"CVE-2024-56606 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.176.3-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create()\n\nAfter sock_init_data() the allocated sk object is attached to the provided\nsock object. On error, packet_create() frees the sk object leaving the\ndangling pointer in the sock object on return. Some other code may try\nto use this pointer and cause use-after-free.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:18:33.667416Z","published":"2024-12-27T15:15:20Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-56606"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56606"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.15.176.3-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-55242.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}