CVE-2024-50176 remoteproc: k3-r5: Fix error handling when power-up failed

What is CVE-2024-50176?

CVE-2024-50176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Nov 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:

remoteproc: k3-r5: Fix error handling when power-up failed

By simply bailing out, the driver was violating its rule and internal assumptions that either both or no rproc should be initialized. E.g., this could cause the first core to be available but not the second one, leading to crashes on its shutdown later on while trying to dereference that second instance.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50176?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-50176?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-50176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-50176, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50176, GHSA-x6rf-4v3v-mfmw, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50176.