What is CVE-2024-56630?

CVE-2024-56630 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.3 onward and patched in 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174 and others. CVE-2024-56630 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-56630?

CVE-2024-56630 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-56630?

Yes, CVE-2024-56630 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-56630 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-56630 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-56630

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: free inode when ocfs2_get_init_inode() fails syzbot is reporting busy inodes after unmount, for commit 9c89fe0af826 ("ocfs2: Handle error from dquot_initialize()") forgot to call iput() when new_inode() succeeded and dquot_initialize() failed.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-12-27

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2024-56630 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.66, 6.12.5, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.3

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.287 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.231 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.174 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.120 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.66 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.5 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-56630 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03db61c43c8e2729896fda6b9a95c7fb5c875c20
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67c2c6d0564ca05348ba4f8f6eaf7a0713f56c15
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/911fcc95b530615b484e8920741fc5e4bc4e684a
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-56630

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-12-27

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56630?

CVE-2024-56630 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.3 onward and has been patched in 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174 and others. CVE-2024-56630 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-56630?

CVE-2024-56630 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-56630?

Yes — CVE-2024-56630 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-56630 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-56630 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.