CVE-2024-56739

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: check if __rtc_read_time was successful in rtc_timer_do_work() If the __rtc_read_time call fails,, the struct rtc_time tm; may contain uninitialized data, or an illegal date/time read from the RTC hardware. When calling rtc_tm_to_ktime later, the result may be a very large value (possibly KTIME_MAX). If there are periodic timers in rtc->timerqueue, they will continually expire, may causing kernel softlockup.

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-56739 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-56739.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d68e8514d9040108ff7d1b37ca71096674b6efe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/246f621d363988e7040f4546d20203dc713fa3e1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39ad0a1ae17b54509cd9e93dcd8cec16e7c12d3f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44b3257ff705d63d5f00ef8ed314a0eeb7ec37f2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1f0b4af90cc18b10261ecde56c6a56b22c75bd1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd4b1cbcc916fad5d10c2662b62def9f05e453d4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77bce0a8c3989b4173c36f4195122bca8f4a3e1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ba8a2bc4f60a1065f23d6a0e7cbea945a0f40d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde56535505dde3336df438e949ef4742b6d6d6e
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122925-CVE-2024-56739-0a67@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56739
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56739