# octeontx2-pf: handle otx2_mbox_get_rsp errors in otx2_ethtool.c

CVE record · `CVE-2024-56728`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-56728`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-754](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-754](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-754.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 29 Dec 2024, 11:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before 5ff9de1f2712cbca53da2e37d831eea7ffcb43b6` (git)
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before 55c41b97001a09bb490ffa2e667e251d75d15ab1` (git)
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before 05a6ce174c0c724e5914e1e5efd826bab8f382b4` (git)
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before c0f64fd73b60aee85f88c270c9d714ead27a7b7a` (git)
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before 6cda142cee032b8fe65ee11f78721721c3988feb` (git)
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before 2db2194727b1f49a5096c1c3981adef1b7638733` (git)
  - affected: `75f36270990c7875c0091afb961ca37f52b6bc55 to before e26f8eac6bb20b20fdb8f7dc695711ebce4c7c5c` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.7`
  - unaffected: `before 5.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.231 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.174 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.120 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.64 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.11.11 to 6.11.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.2 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.13 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 29 Dec 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-56728](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56728)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-56728](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56728)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff9de1f2712cbca53da2e37d831eea7ffcb43b6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55c41b97001a09bb490ffa2e667e251d75d15ab1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05a6ce174c0c724e5914e1e5efd826bab8f382b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0f64fd73b60aee85f88c270c9d714ead27a7b7a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cda142cee032b8fe65ee11f78721721c3988feb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db2194727b1f49a5096c1c3981adef1b7638733>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26f8eac6bb20b20fdb8f7dc695711ebce4c7c5c>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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