# CVE-2024-56713: net: netdevsim: fix nsim\_pp\_hold\_write()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-29 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netdevsim: fix nsim_pp_hold_write() nsim_pp_hold_write() has two problems: 1) It may return with rtnl held, as found by syzbot. 2) Its return value does not propagate an error if any.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c553262f063b3bf85df3b22a9818a8d92510f4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b8301d369b4c876de5255dbf067b19ba88ac71

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