CVE-2024-57978 media: imx-jpeg: Fix potential error pointer dereference in detach_pm()

What is CVE-2024-57978?

CVE-2024-57978 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:

media: imx-jpeg: Fix potential error pointer dereference in detach_pm()

The proble is on the first line:

if (jpeg->pd_dev[i] && !pm_runtime_suspended(jpeg->pd_dev[i]))

If jpeg->pd_dev[i] is an error pointer, then passing it to pm_runtime_suspended() will lead to an Oops. The other conditions check for both error pointers and NULL, but it would be more clear to use the IS_ERR_OR_NULL() check for that.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57978?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-57978?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-57978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-58033, BELL-CVE-2024-57978, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57978, GHSA-j6gc-v552-cf9v, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57978.