CVE-2024-56557: iio: adc: ad7923: Fix buffer overflow for tx_buf and ring_xfer
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.25% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 00663d3e000c31d0d49ef86a809f5c107c2d09cd, 218ecc35949129171ca39bcc0d407c8dc4cd0bbc, 3a4187ec454e19903fd15f6e1825a4b84e59a4cd.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 00663d3e000c31d0d49ef86a809f5c107c2d09cd, 218ecc35949129171ca39bcc0d407c8dc4cd0bbc, 3a4187ec454e19903fd15f6e1825a4b84e59a4cd or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ad7923: Fix buffer overflow for tx_buf and ring_xfer The AD7923 was updated to support devices with 8 channels, but the size of tx_buf and ring_xfer was not increased accordingly, leading to a potential buffer overflow in ad7923_update_scan_mode().
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 16th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-120
Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Linux
- 7.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.6 and later · before 6.1.120
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.64
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.6affected
- 851644a60d200c9a294de5a5594004bcf13d34c7 and later · before 6e4d236d9c4b38571c394d3ab6e85dfb71c33ed3affected · git
- 851644a60d200c9a294de5a5594004bcf13d34c7 and later · before 00663d3e000c31d0d49ef86a809f5c107c2d09cdaffected · git
- 851644a60d200c9a294de5a5594004bcf13d34c7 and later · before e5cac32721997cb8bcb208a29f4598b3faf46338affected · git
- 851644a60d200c9a294de5a5594004bcf13d34c7 and later · before 218ecc35949129171ca39bcc0d407c8dc4cd0bbcaffected · git
- 851644a60d200c9a294de5a5594004bcf13d34c7 and later · before 3a4187ec454e19903fd15f6e1825a4b84e59a4cdaffected · git
- before 5.6not affected · semver
- 5.15.203 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
- 6.1.120 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.64 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.123-1 | 6.1.123-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.5-1 | 6.12.5-1 |
Same product
linux: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV85Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-56555Dec 27, 2024 · binder: fix OOB in binder_add_freeze_work()28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-56556Dec 27, 2024 · binder: fix node UAF in binder_add_freeze_work()28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-56558Dec 27, 2024 · nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 00663d3e000c31d0d49ef86a809f5c107c2d09cd | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 218ecc35949129171ca39bcc0d407c8dc4cd0bbc | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 3a4187ec454e19903fd15f6e1825a4b84e59a4cd | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6e4d236d9c4b38571c394d3ab6e85dfb71c33ed3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | e5cac32721997cb8bcb208a29f4598b3faf46338 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.123-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-44466455 days apartAn issue was discovered in net/ceph/messenger_v2.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.5.48Plan
- CVE-2023-52735220 days apartbpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself36Monitor
- CVE-2026-31622483 days apartNFC: digital: Bounds check NFC-A cascade depth in SDD response handler35Monitor
- CVE-2024-26927243 days apartASoC: SOF: Add some bounds checking to firmware data33Monitor
- CVE-2026-46332529 days apartgreybus: gb-beagleplay: bound bootloader receive buffering32Monitor
- CVE-2024-531920 days apartclk: clk-loongson2: Fix potential buffer overflow in flexible-array member access31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
When data is copied, the source length is not compared with the size of the destination buffer. Excess data overwrites adjacent memory.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-120 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
char buf[256];
memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);Fixed
char buf[256];
if (pkt->len > sizeof(buf)) {
return -EINVAL;
}
memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Variables and TagsCAPEC-46likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/218ecc35949129171ca39bcc0d407c8dc4cd0bbc
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4187ec454e19903fd15f6e1825a4b84e59a4cd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e4d236d9c4b38571c394d3ab6e85dfb71c33ed3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5cac32721997cb8bcb208a29f4598b3faf46338
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.