# CVE-2024-35995: ACPI: CPPC: Use access_width over bit_width for system memory accesses

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's ACPI CPPC driver causes a kernel panic on specific hardware, leading to system denial of service.

- **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:** 20 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-67764, BELL-CVE-2024-35995, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35995, GHSA-4q6m-9fg8-7hvh, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-35995, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-35995, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-35995, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35995

## What is CVE-2024-35995?

CVE-2024-35995 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 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:

ACPI: CPPC: Use access_width over bit_width for system memory accesses

To align with ACPI 6.3+, since bit_width can be any 8-bit value, it
cannot be depended on to be always on a clean 8b boundary. This was
uncovered on the Cobalt 100 platform.

SError Interrupt on CPU26, code 0xbe000011 -- SError
 CPU: 26 PID: 1510 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.15.2.1-13 #1
 Hardware name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, BIOS MICROSOFT CORPORATION
 pstate: 62400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
 pc : cppc_get_perf_caps+0xec/0x410
 lr : cppc_get_perf_caps+0xe8/0x410
 sp : ffff8000155ab730
 x29: ffff8000155ab730 x28: ffff0080139d0038 x27: ffff0080139d0078
 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff0080139d0058 x24: 00000000ffffffff
 x23: ffff0080139d0298 x22: ffff0080139d0278 x21: 0000000000000000
 x20: ffff00802b251910 x19: ffff0080139d0000 x18: ffffffffffffffff
 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffdc7e111bad04 x15: ffff00802b251008
 x14: ffffffffffffffff x13: ffff013f1fd63300 x12: 0000000000000006
 x11: ffffdc7e128f4420 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffdc7e111badec
 x8 : ffff00802b251980 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff0080139d0028
 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : ffff0080139d0018 x3 : 00000000ffffffff
 x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : ffff8000155ab7a0 x0 : 0000000000000000
 Kernel panic - not syncing: Asynchronous SError Interrupt
 CPU: 26 PID: 1510 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted
5.15.2.1-13 #1
 Hardware name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, BIOS MICROSOFT CORPORATION
 Call trace:
  dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1e0
  show_stack+0x24/0x30
  dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xb8
  dump_stack+0x18/0x34
  panic+0x16c/0x384
  add_taint+0x0/0xc0
  arm64_serror_panic+0x7c/0x90
  arm64_is_fatal_ras_serror+0x34/0xa4
  do_serror+0x50/0x6c
  el1h_64_error_handler+0x40/0x74
  el1h_64_error+0x7c/0x80
  cppc_get_perf_caps+0xec/0x410
  cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init+0x74/0x400 [cppc_cpufreq]
  cpufreq_online+0x2dc/0xa30
  cpufreq_add_dev+0xc0/0xd4
  subsys_interface_register+0x134/0x14c
  cpufreq_register_driver+0x1b0/0x354
  cppc_cpufreq_init+0x1a8/0x1000 [cppc_cpufreq]
  do_one_initcall+0x50/0x250
  do_init_module+0x60/0x27c
  load_module+0x2300/0x2570
  __do_sys_finit_module+0xa8/0x114
  __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x2c/0x3c
  invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x180/0x1a0
  do_el0_svc+0x84/0xa0
  el0_svc+0x2c/0xc0
  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x12c
  el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8

Instead, use access_width to determine the size and use the offset and
width to shift and mask the bits to read/write out. Make sure to add a
check for system memory since pcc redefines the access_width to
subspace id.

If access_width is not set, then fall back to using bit_width.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits, comment adjustments ]

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35995?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35995?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-35995 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35995 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35995 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35995 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 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-2024-35995 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-2024-35995/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35995/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35995
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35995
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35995

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