CVE-2024-57852 firmware: qcom: scm: smc: Handle missing SCM device
A missing check for a NULL pointer in the Qualcomm SCM driver can cause a kernel crash, leading to denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-57852?
CVE-2024-57852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. 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: qcom: scm: smc: Handle missing SCM device
Commit ca61d6836e6f ("firmware: qcom: scm: fix a NULL-pointer dereference") makes it explicit that qcom_scm_get_tzmem_pool() can return NULL, therefore its users should handle this.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-57852?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-57852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-57852, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57852, GHSA-232p-m442-j9m4, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-57852, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-57852, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-57852 and 2 more.