CVE-2024-56562 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELHEADERS-9523200
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56562  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-809.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i3c: master: Fix miss free init_dyn_addr at i3c_master_put_i3c_addrs()

if (dev->boardinfo && dev->boardinfo->init_dyn_addr) ^^^ here check "init_dyn_addr" i3c_bus_set_addr_slot_status(&master->bus, dev->info.dyn_addr, ...) ^^^^ free "dyn_addr" Fix copy/paste error "dyn_addr" by replacing it with "init_dyn_addr".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1