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CVE-2024-56643: Linux kernel · dccp: Fix memory leak in dccp_feat_change_recv

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:50 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Dec 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fix for this memory leak has been implemented in the Linux kernel. Users should update to the fixed kernel version once available. Since this is a resource leak, no other specific mitigations are applicable.

Description

A memory leak vulnerability was fixed in the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol implementation. The flaw occurs when dccp_feat_push_confirm() fails after accepting a new value for the SP feature without proper reconciliation, causing allocated memory to not be freed. This issue was identified and resolved by cleaning up the allocated memory on failure to prevent leaks.

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