# CVE-2024-53157: firmware: arm_scpi: Check the DVFS OPP count returned by the firmware

> A missing check in the Linux kernel SCPI driver allows a kernel crash when firmware returns zero OPP count, causing 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:** 24 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-54933, AZL-54948, BELL-CVE-2024-53157, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53157, GHSA-w5gw-f5vp-r675, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53157

## What is CVE-2024-53157?

CVE-2024-53157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Dec 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:

firmware: arm_scpi: Check the DVFS OPP count returned by the firmware

Fix a kernel crash with the below call trace when the SCPI firmware
returns OPP count of zero.

dvfs_info.opp_count may be zero on some platforms during the reboot
test, and the kernel will crash after dereferencing the pointer to
kcalloc(info->count, sizeof(*opp), GFP_KERNEL).

  |  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000028
  |  Mem abort info:
  |    ESR = 0x96000004
  |    Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  |    SET = 0, FnV = 0
  |    EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  |  Data abort info:
  |    ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
  |    CM = 0, WnR = 0
  |  user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000faefa08c
  |  [0000000000000028] pgd=0000000000000000
  |  Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
  |  scpi-hwmon: probe of PHYT000D:00 failed with error -110
  |  Process systemd-udevd (pid: 1701, stack limit = 0x00000000aaede86c)
  |  CPU: 2 PID: 1701 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.19.90+ #1
  |  Hardware name: PHYTIUM LTD Phytium FT2000/4/Phytium FT2000/4, BIOS
  |  pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO)
  |  pc : scpi_dvfs_recalc_rate+0x40/0x58 [clk_scpi]
  |  lr : clk_register+0x438/0x720
  |  Call trace:
  |   scpi_dvfs_recalc_rate+0x40/0x58 [clk_scpi]
  |   devm_clk_hw_register+0x50/0xa0
  |   scpi_clk_ops_init.isra.2+0xa0/0x138 [clk_scpi]
  |   scpi_clocks_probe+0x528/0x70c [clk_scpi]
  |   platform_drv_probe+0x58/0xa8
  |   really_probe+0x260/0x3d0
  |   driver_probe_device+0x12c/0x148
  |   device_driver_attach+0x74/0x98
  |   __driver_attach+0xb4/0xe8
  |   bus_for_each_dev+0x88/0xe0
  |   driver_attach+0x30/0x40
  |   bus_add_driver+0x178/0x2b0
  |   driver_register+0x64/0x118
  |   __platform_driver_register+0x54/0x60
  |   scpi_clocks_driver_init+0x24/0x1000 [clk_scpi]
  |   do_one_initcall+0x54/0x220
  |   do_init_module+0x54/0x1c8
  |   load_module+0x14a4/0x1668
  |   __se_sys_finit_module+0xf8/0x110
  |   __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x24/0x30
  |   el0_svc_common+0x78/0x170
  |   el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78
  |   el0_svc+0x8/0x340
  |  Code: 937d7c00 a94153f3 a8c27bfd f9400421 (b8606820)
  |  ---[ end trace 06feb22469d89fa8 ]---
  |  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
  |  SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
  |  Kernel Offset: disabled
  |  CPU features: 0x10,a0002008
  |  Memory Limit: none

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53157?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53157?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53157 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53157 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53157 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Dec 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-2024-53157 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-2024-53157/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53157/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53157
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53157
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53157

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