# CVE-2024-56588: scsi: hisi_sas: Create all dump files during debugfs initialization

> A race condition in the hisi_sas driver causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference and system hang when debugfs dumps are triggered during driver unbinding.

- **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-55159, AZL-55223, BELL-CVE-2024-56588, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56588, GHSA-6f5r-5mjv-2p43, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-56588, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-56588, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-56588, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56588

## What is CVE-2024-56588?

CVE-2024-56588 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:

scsi: hisi_sas: Create all dump files during debugfs initialization

For the current debugfs of hisi_sas, after user triggers dump, the
driver allocate memory space to save the register information and create
debugfs files to display the saved information. In this process, the
debugfs files created after each dump.

Therefore, when the dump is triggered while the driver is unbind, the
following hang occurs:

[67840.853907] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0
[67840.862947] Mem abort info:
[67840.865855]   ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[67840.869713]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[67840.875125]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[67840.878291]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[67840.881545]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[67840.886528] Data abort info:
[67840.889524]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[67840.895117]   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[67840.900284]   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[67840.905709] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000002803a1f000
[67840.912263] [00000000000000a0] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[67840.919177] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[67840.996435] pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[67841.003628] pc : down_write+0x30/0x98
[67841.007546] lr : start_creating.part.0+0x60/0x198
[67841.012495] sp : ffff8000b979ba20
[67841.016046] x29: ffff8000b979ba20 x28: 0000000000000010 x27: 0000000000024b40
[67841.023412] x26: 0000000000000012 x25: ffff20202b355ae8 x24: ffff20202b35a8c8
[67841.030779] x23: ffffa36877928208 x22: ffffa368b4972240 x21: ffff8000b979bb18
[67841.038147] x20: ffff00281dc1e3c0 x19: fffffffffffffffe x18: 0000000000000020
[67841.045515] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffa368b128a530 x15: ffffffffffffffff
[67841.052888] x14: ffff8000b979bc18 x13: ffffffffffffffff x12: ffff8000b979bb18
[67841.060263] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa368b1289b18
[67841.067640] x8 : 0000000000000012 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 00000000000003a9
[67841.075014] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : ffff002818c5cb00 x3 : 0000000000000001
[67841.082388] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff002818c5cb00 x0 : 00000000000000a0
[67841.089759] Call trace:
[67841.092456]  down_write+0x30/0x98
[67841.096017]  start_creating.part.0+0x60/0x198
[67841.100613]  debugfs_create_dir+0x48/0x1f8
[67841.104950]  debugfs_create_files_v3_hw+0x88/0x348 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[67841.111447]  debugfs_snapshot_regs_v3_hw+0x708/0x798 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[67841.118111]  debugfs_trigger_dump_v3_hw_write+0x9c/0x120 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[67841.125115]  full_proxy_write+0x68/0xc8
[67841.129175]  vfs_write+0xd8/0x3f0
[67841.132708]  ksys_write+0x70/0x108
[67841.136317]  __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38
[67841.140440]  invoke_syscall+0x50/0x128
[67841.144385]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0
[67841.149273]  do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
[67841.152773]  el0_svc+0x38/0xd8
[67841.156009]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc8
[67841.160361]  el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8
[67841.164189] Code: b9000882 d2800002 d2800023 f9800011 (c85ffc05)
[67841.170443] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

To fix this issue, create all directories and files during debugfs
initialization. In this way, the driver only needs to allocate memory
space to save information each time the user triggers dumping.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56588?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56588?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56588 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56588 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-2024-56588 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-2024-56588/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56588/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56588
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56588
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56588

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