CVE-2024-58084

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in qcom_scm_get_tzmem_pool()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: qcom: scm: Fix missing read barrier in qcom_scm_get_tzmem_pool() Commit 2e4955167ec5 ("firmware: qcom: scm: Fix __scm and waitq completion variable initialization") introduced a write barrier in probe function to store global '__scm' variable. We all known barriers are paired (see memory-barriers.txt: "Note that write barriers should normally be paired with read or address-dependency barriers"), therefore accessing it from concurrent contexts requires read barrier. Previous commit added such barrier in qcom_scm_is_available(), so let's use that directly. Lack of this read barrier can result in fetching stale '__scm' variable value, NULL, and dereferencing it. Note that barrier in qcom_scm_is_available() satisfies here the control dependency.

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 (11)
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.12.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.11
Linux/Linux 449d0d84bcd8246b508d07995326d13c54488b8c - b628510397b5cafa1f5d3e848a28affd1c635302
Linux/Linux 449d0d84bcd8246b508d07995326d13c54488b8c - e03db7c1255ebabba5e1a447754faeb138de15a2
Linux/Linux 449d0d84bcd8246b508d07995326d13c54488b8c - fee921e3c641f64185abee83f9a6e65f0b380682
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.12.14 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.3 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
... and 1 more
Published Mar 06, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026