CVE-2024-39466 thermal/drivers/qcom/lmh: Check for SCM availability at probe
A missing availability check in the Qualcomm LMH thermal driver can cause a null pointer dereference, leading to a system crash.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-39466?
CVE-2024-39466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jun 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:
thermal/drivers/qcom/lmh: Check for SCM availability at probe
Up until now, the necessary scm availability check has not been performed, leading to possible null pointer dereferences (which did happen for me on RB1).
Fix that.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39466?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-39466?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-39466 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39466 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-39466, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39466, GHSA-h44j-3763-jcf8, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39466.