# CVE-2024-36002: dpll: fix dpll_pin_on_pin_register() for multiple parent pins

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel DPLL subsystem causes a system crash when unregistering pins with multiple parents.

- **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:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36002, GHSA-9cx4-4vpv-36x7, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36002

## What is CVE-2024-36002?

CVE-2024-36002 is a medium-severity 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:

dpll: fix dpll_pin_on_pin_register() for multiple parent pins

In scenario where pin is registered with multiple parent pins via
dpll_pin_on_pin_register(..), all belonging to the same dpll device.
A second call to dpll_pin_on_pin_unregister(..) would cause a call trace,
as it tries to use already released registration resources (due to fix
introduced in b446631f355e). In this scenario pin was registered twice,
so resources are not yet expected to be release until each registered
pin/pin pair is unregistered.

Currently, the following crash/call trace is produced when ice driver is
removed on the system with installed E810T NIC which includes dpll device:

WARNING: CPU: 51 PID: 9155 at drivers/dpll/dpll_core.c:809 dpll_pin_ops+0x20/0x30
RIP: 0010:dpll_pin_ops+0x20/0x30
Call Trace:
 ? __warn+0x7f/0x130
 ? dpll_pin_ops+0x20/0x30
 dpll_msg_add_pin_freq+0x37/0x1d0
 dpll_cmd_pin_get_one+0x1c0/0x400
 ? __nlmsg_put+0x63/0x80
 dpll_pin_event_send+0x93/0x140
 dpll_pin_on_pin_unregister+0x3f/0x100
 ice_dpll_deinit_pins+0xa1/0x230 [ice]
 ice_remove+0xf1/0x210 [ice]

Fix by adding a parent pointer as a cookie when creating a registration,
also when searching for it. For the regular pins pass NULL, this allows to
create separated registration for each parent the pin is registered with.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36002?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36002?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36002 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36002 is a medium-severity 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-2024-36002 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-2024-36002/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36002/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36002
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36002
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36002

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