CVE-2024-56642 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's TIPC UDP bearer cleanup code. The flaw occurs because the workqueue decrements a reference count before releasing the kernel socket, leading to a potential use-after-free condition. This issue was reported by syzkaller and affects kernel versions including 6.12.0-rc1. The vulnerability has a high severity with a CVSS score of 7.8.