Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-56716 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470c5ecbac2f19b1cdee2a6ce8d5650c3295c94b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81bdfcd6e6a998e219c9dd49ec7291c2e0594bbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9ef6bdf71bf25f4735e0230ce1919de8985835
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a6daaf7cfb2de37b89fd7a5a2ad4ea9aa3e181
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10321be26ff9e9e912697e9e8448099654ff561
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee76746387f6233bdfa93d7406990f923641568f