CVE-2024-58081

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in Power Domain Debug Initialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mmp2: call pm_genpd_init() only after genpd.name is set Setting the genpd's struct device's name with dev_set_name() is happening within pm_genpd_init(). If it remains NULL, things can blow up later, such as when crafting the devfs hierarchy for the power domain: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 when read ... Call trace: strlen from start_creating+0x90/0x138 start_creating from debugfs_create_dir+0x20/0x178 debugfs_create_dir from genpd_debug_add.part.0+0x4c/0x144 genpd_debug_add.part.0 from genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x90 genpd_debug_init from do_one_initcall+0x5c/0x244 do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x19c/0x1f4 kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x1c/0x12c kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Bisecting tracks this crash back to commit 899f44531fe6 ("pmdomain: core: Add GENPD_FLAG_DEV_NAME_FW flag"), which exchanges use of genpd->name with dev_name(&genpd->dev) in genpd_debug_add.part().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.11.10 - 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12.14 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.3 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 899f44531fe6cac4b024710fec647ecc127724b8 - 763517124e27b07fa300b486d7d13c5d563a215e
Linux/Linux 899f44531fe6cac4b024710fec647ecc127724b8 - e24b15d4704dcb73920c3d18a6157abd18df08c1
... and 3 more
Published Mar 06, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026