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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2024-56593

VendorlinuxProductlinux kernelDiscoveredDec 27, 2024UpdatedNov 3, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix oops due to NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw() This patch fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug in brcmfmac that occurs when a high 'sd_sgentry_align' value applies (e.g. 512) and a lot of queued SKBs are sent from the pkt queue. The problem is the number of entries in the pre-allocated sgtable, it is nents = max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) + max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) >> 4 + 1. Given the default [rt]xglom_size=32 it's actually 35 which is too small. Worst case, the pkt queue can end up with 64 SKBs. This occurs when a new SKB is added for each original SKB if tailroom isn't enough to hold tail_pad. At least one sg entry is needed for each SKB. So, eventually the "skb_queue_walk loop"…

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.24%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
8
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026
● 0.00pp
0.24% → 0.24% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
10 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Dec 27, 2024
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 3, 2025
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8070-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8070-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8070-3: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8112-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Mar 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8112-2: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8112-3: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Mar 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8112-4: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8112-5: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities