# CVE-2024-53067: scsi: ufs: core: Start the RTC update work later

> A race condition in the Linux kernel UFS driver causes a null pointer dereference and system crash during RTC update work initialization.

- **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:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-53067, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53067, GHSA-mh8w-gxgh-8grm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53067

## What is CVE-2024-53067?

CVE-2024-53067 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 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:

scsi: ufs: core: Start the RTC update work later

The RTC update work involves runtime resuming the UFS controller. Hence,
only start the RTC update work after runtime power management in the UFS
driver has been fully initialized. This patch fixes the following kernel
crash:

Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Workqueue: events ufshcd_rtc_work
Call trace:
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c (P)
 pm_runtime_get_if_active+0x24/0x9c (L)
 pm_runtime_get_if_active+0x24/0x9c
 ufshcd_rtc_work+0x138/0x1b4
 process_one_work+0x148/0x288
 worker_thread+0x2cc/0x3d4
 kthread+0x110/0x114
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53067?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53067?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2024-53067 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53067 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Nov 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-2024-53067 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-2024-53067/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53067/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53067
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53067
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53067

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53067/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.