CVE-2024-26784 pmdomain: arm: Fix NULL dereference on scmi_perf_domain removal
A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's SCMI performance domain driver can cause a system crash during module removal if specific device tree properties are missing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
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- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26784?
CVE-2024-26784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pmdomain: arm: Fix NULL dereference on scmi_perf_domain removal
On unloading of the scmi_perf_domain module got the below splat, when in the DT provided to the system under test the '#power-domain-cells' property was missing. Indeed, this particular setup causes the probe to bail out early without giving any error, which leads to the ->remove() callback gets to run too, but without all the expected initialized structures in place.
Add a check and bail out early on remove too.
Call trace: scmi_perf_domain_remove+0x28/0x70 [scmi_perf_domain] scmi_dev_remove+0x28/0x40 [scmi_core] device_remove+0x54/0x90 device_release_driver_internal+0x1dc/0x240 driver_detach+0x58/0xa8 bus_remove_driver+0x78/0x108 driver_unregister+0x38/0x70 scmi_driver_unregister+0x28/0x180 [scmi_core] scmi_perf_domain_driver_exit+0x18/0xb78 [scmi_perf_domain] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1a8/0x2c0 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x128 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x34/0xb8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x100/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 Code: a90153f3 f9403c14 f9414800 955f8a05 (b9400a80) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26784?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26784?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-26784 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26784 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26784, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26784, GHSA-hhxq-r4w4-4f7m, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26784.