Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-57852firmware: qcom: scm: smc: Handle missing SCM device

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57852
Debian:14linux6.12.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7521-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ca61d6836e6f4442a77762e1074d2706a2a6e578 – before cd955b75849b58b650ca3f87b83bd78cde1da8bcca61d6836e6f4442a77762e1074d2706a2a6e578 – before 57a811c0886f3f3677bb4619502b35b5bb917f2eca61d6836e6f4442a77762e1074d2706a2a6e578 – before 94f48ecf0a538019ca2025e0b0da391f8e7cc58c3d36e2b1d803f0d1cc674115d295a8f20ddb92686.11.8 – before 6.12
Linux Linux 6.12

References