{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "f8a3f255f7509a209292871715cda03779640c8d"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2bc34d8c8898ae9fddf4612501aabb22d76c2b2c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3e8258070b0f2aba66b3ef18883de229674fb288"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b4513cfd3a10c03c660d5d3d26c2e322efbfdd9b"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "25447c6aaa7235f155292b0c58a067347e8ae891"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "691d6d816f93b2a1008c14178399061466e674ef"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9365fa510c6f82e3aa550a09d0c5c6b44dbc78ff"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56601.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: inet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet_create()\n\nsock_init_data() attaches the allocated sk object to the provided sock\nobject. If inet_create() fails later, the sk object is freed, but the\nsock object retains the dangling pointer, which may create use-after-free\nlater.\n\nClear the sk pointer in the sock object on error.",
  "id": "CVE-2024-56601",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:08:06.787274839Z",
  "published": "2024-12-27T14:51:07.358Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25447c6aaa7235f155292b0c58a067347e8ae891"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bc34d8c8898ae9fddf4612501aabb22d76c2b2c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8258070b0f2aba66b3ef18883de229674fb288"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691d6d816f93b2a1008c14178399061466e674ef"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9365fa510c6f82e3aa550a09d0c5c6b44dbc78ff"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4513cfd3a10c03c660d5d3d26c2e322efbfdd9b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a3f255f7509a209292871715cda03779640c8d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56601.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56601"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "net: inet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet_create()"
}