CVE-2024-56730
net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation On the linux-next, next-20241108 vanilla kernel, the coccinelle tool gave the following error report: ./net/9p/trans_usbg.c:912:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 911 returns NULL not ERR_PTR on failure kzalloc() failure is fixed to handle the NULL return case on the memory exhaustion.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Dec 29, 2024 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
a3be076dc174d9022a71a12554feb4c97b5c4d5c < 2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8cc a3be076dc174d9022a71a12554feb4c97b5c4d5c < ff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad
Linux / Linux
6.12