# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26784, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26784, GHSA-hhxq-r4w4-4f7m, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26784

## 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 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26784?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26784 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26784/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26784
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26784
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26784

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26784/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.