CVE-2024-57985
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference via SCM Driver Probe Failure
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '__scm' on probe failures If SCM driver fails the probe, it should not leave global '__scm' variable assigned, because external users of this driver will assume the probe finished successfully. For example TZMEM parts ('__scm->mempool') are initialized later in the probe, but users of it (__scm_smc_call()) rely on the '__scm' variable. This fixes theoretical NULL pointer exception, triggered via introducing probe deferral in SCM driver with call trace: qcom_tzmem_alloc+0x70/0x1ac (P) qcom_tzmem_alloc+0x64/0x1ac (L) qcom_scm_assign_mem+0x78/0x194 qcom_rmtfs_mem_probe+0x2d4/0x38c platform_probe+0x68/0xc8
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
9.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel
6.11.0 - 6.12.13linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.13.2linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.11
Linux/Linux
40289e35ca525f29a03989352ab207b6a9675475 - 1e76b546e6fca7eb568161f408133904ca6bcf4f
Linux/Linux
40289e35ca525f29a03989352ab207b6a9675475 - 390d3baeba51a126f75c97b90ec28b9384ce4b84
Linux/Linux
40289e35ca525f29a03989352ab207b6a9675475 - faf1715798fe72b79e4432ce8c6d03ca69765425
Linux/Linux
6.11
Linux/Linux
6.12.13 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.13.2 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux
6.14
... and 1 more
Published
Feb 27, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026