CVE-2024-56679

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's octeontx2-pf driver in the otx2_common.c file, where an error pointer check was missing after calling otx2_mbox_get_rsp(), which results in improper error handling when the response is invalid, which can lead to unpredictable behavior.

This vulnerability is rated as a Moderate severity because this issue involves a failure to handle errors from the otx2_mbox_get_rsp function in the Linux kernel's octeontx2-pf component, which could lead to unexpected behavior or crashes.

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