CVE-2024-56676

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the initialization of variables annotated with free() in the thermal testing code of the Linux kernel. If a function can return before these variables are updated, attempting to free the memory they point to upon function return may cause the kernel to crash. The problem has been fixed in some places in the thermal testing code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.