CVE-2024-56587: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led_access mutex There is NULL point

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led_access mutex There is NULL pointer issue observed if from Process A where hid device being added which results in adding a led_cdev addition and later a another call to access of led_cdev attribute from Process B can result in NULL pointer issue. Use mutex led_cdev->led_access to protect access to led->cdev and its attribute inside brightness_show() and max_brightness_show() and also update the comment for mutex that it should be used to protect the led class device fields. Process A Process B kthread+0x114 worker_thread+0x244 process_scheduled_works+0x248 uhid_device_add_worker+0x24 hid_add_device+0x120 device_add+0x268 bus_probe_device+0x94 device_initial_probe+0x14 __device_attach+0xfc bus_for_each_drv+0x10c __device_attach_driver+0x14c driver_probe_device+0x3c __driver_probe_device+0xa0 really_probe+0x190 hid_device_probe+0x130 ps_probe+0x990 ps_led_register+0x94 devm_led_classdev_register_ext+0x58 led_classdev_register_ext+0x1f8 device_create_with_groups+0x48 device_create_groups_vargs+0xc8 device_add+0x244 kobject_ueven

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.26%, higher than 17% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 29, 2026, updated daily.

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