Security assessments indicate that CVE-2024-56639 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.
Status: Analyzed
Last updated: 🕗 07 Oct 2025, 20:13 UTC
Originally published on: 🕒 27 Dec 2024, 15:15 UTC
Time between publication and last update: 284 days
CVSS Release: version 3
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2024-56639: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hsr: must allocate more bytes for RedBox support Blamed commit forgot to change hsr_init_skb() to allocate larger skb for RedBox case. Indeed, send_hsr_supervision_frame() will add two additional components (struct hsr_sup_tlv and struct hsr_sup_payload) syzbot reported the following crash: skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff8afd4b0a len:34 put:6 head:ffff88802ad29e00 data:ffff88802ad29f22 tail:0x144 end:0x140 dev:gretap0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 7611 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 6.12.0-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x157/0x1d0 net/core/skbuff.c:206 Code: b6 04 01 84 c0 74 04 3c 03 7e 21 8b 4b 70 41 56 45 89 e8 48 c7 c7 a0 7d 9b 8c 41 57 56 48 89 ee 52 4c 89 e2 e8 9a 76 79 f8 90 <0f> 0b 4c 89 4c 24 10 48 89 54 24 08 48 89 34 24 e8 94 76 fb f8 4c RSP: 0018:ffffc90000858ab8 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: ffff8880598c08c0 RCX: ffffffff816d3e69 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff816de786 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: ffffffff8c9b91c0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000302 R11: ffffffff961cc1d0 R12: ffffffff8afd4b0a R13: 0000000000000006 R14: ffff88804b938130 R15: 0000000000000140 FS: 000055558a3d6500(0000) GS:ffff88806a800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f1295974ff8 CR3: 000000002ab6e000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <IRQ> skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:211 [inline] skb_put+0x174/0x1b0 net/core/skbuff.c:2617 send_hsr_supervision_frame+0x6fa/0x9e0 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:342 hsr_proxy_announce+0x1a3/0x4a0 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:436 call_timer_fn+0x1a0/0x610 kernel/time/timer.c:1794 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1845 [inline] __run_timers+0x6e8/0x930 kernel/time/timer.c:2419 __run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2430 [inline] __run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2423 [inline] run_timer_base+0x111/0x190 kernel/time/timer.c:2439 run_timer_softirq+0x1a/0x40 kernel/time/timer.c:2449 handle_softirqs+0x213/0x8f0 kernel/softirq.c:554 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:588 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu kernel/softirq.c:637 [inline] irq_exit_rcu+0xbb/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:649 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 </IRQ>
The exploitability of CVE-2024-56639 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).
CVE-2024-56639 presents an accessible attack vector with minimal effort required. Restricting access controls and implementing security updates are critical to reducing exploitation risks.
A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.
Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.
Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.
Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-56639, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.
Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-56639, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.
The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.
EPSS Score: 0.043% (probability of exploit)
EPSS Percentile: 12.0%
(lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 88.0% of others.
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