What is CVE-2024-56713?

CVE-2024-56713 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.10 onward and patched in 6.12.7 and 6.13. CVE-2024-56713 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-56713?

CVE-2024-56713 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-2024-56713?

Yes, CVE-2024-56713 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.7 and 6.13. If you are running Linux kernel 6.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-56713 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-56713 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-56713

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netdevsim: fix nsim_pp_hold_write() nsim_pp_hold_write() has two problems: 1) It may return with rtnl held, as found by syzbot. 2) Its return value does not propagate an error if any.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-12-29

Last modified 2025-10-15

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.7, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.10

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.7 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-56713 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c553262f063b3bf85df3b22a9818a8d92510f4d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b8301d369b4c876de5255dbf067b19ba88ac71
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-56713

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-12-29

Modified 2025-10-15

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56713?

CVE-2024-56713 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.10 onward and has been patched in 6.12.7 and 6.13. CVE-2024-56713 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-56713?

CVE-2024-56713 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-2024-56713?

Yes — CVE-2024-56713 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.7 and 6.13. If you are running Linux kernel 6.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-56713 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-56713 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.