A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function nfs3_read_done of the component localio. The manipulation of the argument res.replen leads to memory corruption.

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-56740. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.