CVE-2024-56659

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2024-12-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: lapb: increase LAPB_HEADER_LEN

It is unclear if net/lapb code is supposed to be ready for 8021q.

We can at least avoid crashes like the following :

skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8aabe1f6 len:24 put:20 head:ffff88802824a400 data:ffff88802824a3fe tail:0x16 end:0x140 dev:nr0.2 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5508 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00144-g66418447d27b #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/30/2024 RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline] RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216 Code: 0d 8d 48 c7 c6 2e 9e 29 8e 48 8b 54 24 08 8b 0c 24 44 8b 44 24 04 4d 89 e9 50 41 54 41 57 41 56 e8 1a 6f 37 02 48 83 c4 20 90 <0f> 0b 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 RSP: 0018:ffffc90002ddf638 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000086 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 7a24750e538ff600 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000201 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff888034a86650 R08: ffffffff8174b13c R09: 1ffff920005bbe60 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520005bbe61 R12: 0000000000000140 R13: ffff88802824a400 R14: ffff88802824a3fe R15: 0000000000000016 FS: 00007f2a5990d740(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000110c2631fd CR3: 0000000029504000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: skb_push+0xe5/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:2636 nr_header+0x36/0x320 net/netrom/nr_dev.c:69 dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3148 [inline] vlan_dev_hard_header+0x359/0x480 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c:83 dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3148 [inline] lapbeth_data_transmit+0x1f6/0x2a0 drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c:257 lapb_data_transmit+0x91/0xb0 net/lapb/lapb_iface.c:447 lapb_transmit_buffer+0x168/0x1f0 net/lapb/lapb_out.c:149 lapb_establish_data_link+0x84/0xd0 lapb_device_event+0x4e0/0x670 notifier_call_chain+0x19f/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:93 __dev_notify_flags+0x207/0x400 dev_change_flags+0xf0/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8922 devinet_ioctl+0xa4e/0x1aa0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1188 inet_ioctl+0x3d7/0x4f0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1003 sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1227 sock_ioctl+0x626/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1346 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
13%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 27, 2024

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-21.21) @ oracular2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-64k (6.11.0-1011.12) @ oracular2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04b (6.11.0-1017.17) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (5.15.0.1080.87~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime (5.15.0.1080.83) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-host (5.15.0-1044.48) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt (5.15.0.1033.33) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.15.0.1079.69) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.135.133) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-edge (5.15.0.1077.83~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.211.206) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.4.0.1145.87) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.4.0.1140.149~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-edge (5.15.0.1086.95~20.04.1.61) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips (5.4.0.1116.113) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.136.147~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi (6.11.0-1010.10) @ oracular2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-fips (5.4.0.1142.89) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-lts-20.04 (5.4.0.1142.139) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1074.77~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (5.4.0.1142.152~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-iot (5.4.0.1048.46) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.4.0.1090.95~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime (6.8.1-1022.23) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke (6.8.0-1025.29) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1081.90~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual (6.8.0-60.63) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (6.8.0-1028.31.1) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04a (6.8.0-1028.28) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.4.288osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-56659?
CVE-2024-56659 is a medium vulnerability published on December 27, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: lapb: increase LAPBHEADERLEN It is unclear if net/lapb code is supposed to be ready for 8021q. We can at least avoid crashes like the following : skbuff: skbunderpanic: text:ffffffff8aabe1f6 len:24 put:20 head:ffff88802824a400…
When was CVE-2024-56659 disclosed?
CVE-2024-56659 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 27, 2024, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-56659 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-56659 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 86.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-56659?
CVE-2024-56659 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-56659?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-56659, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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