CVE-2024-58073 drm/msm/dpu: check dpu_plane_atomic_print_state() for valid sspp

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-58073, GHSA-9f58-q6j7-m5vv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58073.

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