{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-12-29T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: rtc: check if __rtc_read_time was successful in rtc_timer_do_work()",
    "id" : "2334829",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334829"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nrtc: check if __rtc_read_time was successful in rtc_timer_do_work()\nIf the __rtc_read_time call fails,, the struct rtc_time tm; may contain\nuninitialized data, or an illegal date/time read from the RTC hardware.\nWhen calling rtc_tm_to_ktime later, the result may be a very large value\n(possibly KTIME_MAX). If there are periodic timers in rtc->timerqueue,\nthey will continually expire, may causing kernel softlockup.", "A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's RTC driver in the rtc_timer_do_work() function, where the __rtc_read_time call may fail. This issue results in uninitialized data in the rtc_time struct. It can lead to the generation of extremely large values, causing periodic timer failures and potentially triggering a kernel softlockup, impacting system stability." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20518",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20518",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56739\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56739\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122925-CVE-2024-56739-0a67@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-56739",
  "csaw" : false
}