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CVE-2024-56766: Linux kernel · mtd: rawnand: fix double free in atmel_pmecc_create_user()

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:56 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
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:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Jan 2025

  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

Since the vulnerability involves kernel memory management, updating the Linux kernel to a fixed version when available is recommended. Until a patch is confirmed, avoid running untrusted code with local privileges that could trigger this flaw.

Description

CVE-2024-56766 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mtd rawnand driver. It involves a double free error in the atmel_pmecc_create_user() function caused by improper memory management of the 'user' pointer. The pointer was originally allocated with kzalloc() but changed to devm_kzalloc(), making an explicit kfree(user) call result in a double free.

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