CVE-2024-56681crypto: bcm - add error check in the ahash_hmac_init function
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: bcm - add error check in the ahash_hmac_init function The ahash_init functions may return fails. The ahash_hmac_init should not return ok when ahash_init returns error. For an example, ahash_init will return -ENOMEM when allocation memory is error.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 builds before 8f1a9a960b1107bd0e0ec3736055f5ed0e717edf; from 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 before 75e1e38e5d80d6d9011b7322698ffba3dd3db30a; from 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 before 28f8ffa945f7d7150463e15097ea73b19529d6f5; 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 builds before 4ea3e3b761e371102bb1486778e2f8dbc9e37413; 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 builds before 05f0a3f5477ecaa1cf46448504afe9e7c2e96fcc; from 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 before ae5253313e0ea5f00c06176074592b7f493c8546; from 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 before ee36db8e8203420e6d5c42eb9428920c2fc36532; from 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 before bba9e38c5ad41d0a88b22a59e5b6dd3e31825118; and 1 more ranges | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 4.11 before 4.19.325; from 4.20 before 5.4.287; from 5.5 before 5.10.231; from 5.11 before 5.15.174; from 5.16 before 6.1.120; from 6.2 before 6.6.64; from 6.7 before 6.11.11; from 6.12 before 6.12.2 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f1a9a960b1107bd0e0ec3736055f5ed0e717edfpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75e1e38e5d80d6d9011b7322698ffba3dd3db30apatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28f8ffa945f7d7150463e15097ea73b19529d6f5patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ea3e3b761e371102bb1486778e2f8dbc9e37413patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f0a3f5477ecaa1cf46448504afe9e7c2e96fccpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5253313e0ea5f00c06176074592b7f493c8546patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee36db8e8203420e6d5c42eb9428920c2fc36532patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bba9e38c5ad41d0a88b22a59e5b6dd3e31825118patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19630cf57233e845b6ac57c9c969a4888925467bpatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
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