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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

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 products

• Linux kernel: from 6.11.8 before 6.12; from 6.12.1 before 6.12.16; from 6.13 before 6.13.4; 6.12, 6.12-rc7 — fixed in 6.12, 6.12.16, 6.13.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12, 6.12.16, 6.13.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a811c0886f3f3677bb4619502b35b5bb917f2e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f48ecf0a538019ca2025e0b0da391f8e7cc58c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd955b75849b58b650ca3f87b83bd78cde1da8bc

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