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CVE-2024-56560: slab: Fix too strict alignment check in create_cache()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • 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: 0.18% (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 8b5aea5e5186733fa4e5aa4293b0a65a933f1a16, 9008fe8fad8255edfdbecea32d7eb0485d939d0d.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 8b5aea5e5186733fa4e5aa4293b0a65a933f1a16, 9008fe8fad8255edfdbecea32d7eb0485d939d0d 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: slab: Fix too strict alignment check in create_cache() On m68k, where the minimum alignment of unsigned long is 2 bytes: Kernel panic - not syncing: __kmem_cache_create_args: Failed to create slab 'io_kiocb'. Error -22 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.12.0-atari-03776-g7eaa1f99261a #1783 Stack from 0102fe5c: 0102fe5c 00514a2b 00514a2b ffffff00 00000001 0051f5ed 00425e78 00514a2b 0041eb74 ffffffea 00000310 0051f5ed ffffffea ffffffea 00601f60 00000044 0102ff20 000e7a68 0051ab8e 004383b8 0051f5ed ffffffea 000000b8 00000007 01020c00 00000000 000e77f0 0041e5f0 005f67c0 0051f5ed 000000b6 0102fef4 00000310 0102fef4 00000000 00000016 005f676c 0060a34c 00000010 00000004 00000038 0000009a 01000000 000000b8 005f668e 0102e000 00001372 0102ff88 Call Trace: [<00425e78>] dump_stack+0xc/0x10 [<0041eb74>] panic+0xd8/0x26c [<000e7a68>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0x278/0x2e8 [<000e77f0>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0x0/0x2e8 [<0041e5f0>] memset+0x0/0x8c [<005f67c0>] io_uring_init+0x54/0xd2 The minimal alignment of an integral type may differ from its size, hence is not safe to assume that an arbitrary freeptr_t (which is basically an unsigned long) is always aligned to 4 or 8 bytes. As nothing seems to require the additional alignment, it is safe to fix this by relaxing the check to the actual minimum alignment of freeptr_t.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 27, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 8th percentile
CWE
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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernel6.12 and later · before 6.12.4

Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 6.12affected
    • d345bd2e9834e2da505977e154a1c179c793b7b2 and later · before 8b5aea5e5186733fa4e5aa4293b0a65a933f1a16affected · git
    • d345bd2e9834e2da505977e154a1c179c793b7b2 and later · before 9008fe8fad8255edfdbecea32d7eb0485d939d0daffected · git
    • before 6.12not affected · semver
    • 6.12.4 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.13 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.5-16.12.5-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-56558Dec 27, 2024 · nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-56559Dec 27, 2024 · mm/vmalloc: combine all TLB flush operations of KASAN shadow virtual address into one operation
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-56561Dec 27, 2024 · PCI: endpoint: Fix PCI domain ID release in pci_epc_destroy()
    31Monitor

Remediation

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux8b5aea5e5186733fa4e5aa4293b0a65a933f1a16Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9008fe8fad8255edfdbecea32d7eb0485d939d0dVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.5-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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Variant candidates

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Chain candidates

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Bug bounty scope

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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
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

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Change log

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