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CVE-2024-56681

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-12-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2024-56681
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.23%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: bcm - add error check in the ahash_hmac_init function The ahash_init functions may return fails. The ahash_hmac_init should not return ok when ahash_init returns error. For an example, ahash_init will return -ENOMEM when allocation memory is error.

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