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CVE-2024-56535

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-56535 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Realtek Wi-Fi driver (rtw89). Specifically, the btc_fw_set_monreg() function fails to check for a NULL return from kmalloc, potentially leading to a system crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited locally with low complexity to cause a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.10, < 6.11.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.12, < 6.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-56535Moderate

kernel: wifi: rtw89: coex: check NULL return of kmalloc in btc_fw_set_monreg()

Dec 27, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/051577414271961f3f4c3bff87b427924b486219
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/64db1a42d98307001a48cec1b3e68ce9f905e73d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/81df5ed446b448bdc327b7c7f0b50121fc1f4aa2
Patch