# CVE-2024-56574: media: ts2020: fix null-ptr-deref in ts2020_probe()

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by triggering a null pointer dereference in the ts2020 media driver during device probing.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-54777, AZL-54901, BELL-CVE-2024-56574, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56574, GHSA-6jfc-jg7w-jc55, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56574

## What is CVE-2024-56574?

CVE-2024-56574 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 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:

media: ts2020: fix null-ptr-deref in ts2020_probe()

KASAN reported a null-ptr-deref issue when executing the following
command:

  # echo ts2020 0x20 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device
    KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]
    CPU: 53 UID: 0 PID: 970 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2+ #24
    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
    RIP: 0010:ts2020_probe+0xad/0xe10 [ts2020]
    RSP: 0018:ffffc9000abbf598 EFLAGS: 00010202
    RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffffc0714809
    RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffff88811550be00 RDI: 0000000000000010
    RBP: ffff888109868800 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff52001577eb6
    R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffc9000abbff50 R12: ffffffffc0714790
    R13: 1ffff92001577eb8 R14: ffffffffc07190d0 R15: 0000000000000001
    FS:  00007f95f13b98c0(0000) GS:ffff888149280000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
    CR2: 0000555d2634b000 CR3: 0000000152236000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
    DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
    DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
    Call Trace:
     <TASK>
     ts2020_probe+0xad/0xe10 [ts2020]
     i2c_device_probe+0x421/0xb40
     really_probe+0x266/0x850
    ...

The cause of the problem is that when using sysfs to dynamically register
an i2c device, there is no platform data, but the probe process of ts2020
needs to use platform data, resulting in a null pointer being accessed.

Solve this problem by adding checks to platform data.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56574?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56574?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56574 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56574 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56574 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56574 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 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-2024-56574 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-2024-56574/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56574/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56574
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56574
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56574

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.