CVE-2024-58073 drm/msm/dpu: check dpu_plane_atomic_print_state() for valid sspp
A missing null check in the Linux kernel's DPU driver can cause a crash when dumping plane state, 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-2024-58073?
CVE-2024-58073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Mar 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:
drm/msm/dpu: check dpu_plane_atomic_print_state() for valid sspp
Similar to the r_pipe sspp protect, add a check to protect the pipe state prints to avoid NULL ptr dereference for cases when the state is dumped without a corresponding atomic_check() where the pipe->sspp is assigned.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/628404/
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58073?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-58073?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-58073 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58073 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-58073, GHSA-9f58-q6j7-m5vv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58073.