### [CVE-2024-56606](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-56606)
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### Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:af_packet: avoid erroring out after sock_init_data() in packet_create()After sock_init_data() the allocated sk object is attached to the providedsock object. On error, packet_create() frees the sk object leaving thedangling pointer in the sock object on return. Some other code may tryto use this pointer and cause use-after-free.

### POC

#### Reference
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#### Github
- https://github.com/cku-heise/euvd-api-doc
- https://github.com/w4zu/Debian_security