5.5

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

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57852DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57852
Published 27-02-2025Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-57852 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
RHSA-2025:6966USN-7521-1USN-7521-3USN-7521-2

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu85 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ca61d6836e6f4442a77762e1074d2706a2a6e578, < cd955b75849b58b650ca3f87b83bd78cde1da8bc | ≥ ca61d6836e6f4442a77762e1074d2706a2a6e578, < 57a811c0886f3f3677bb4619502b35b5bb917f2e | ≥ ca61d6836e6f4442a77762e1074d2706a2a6e578, < 94f48ecf0a538019ca2025e0b0da391f8e7cc58c | 3d36e2b1d803f0d1cc674115d295a8f20ddb9268 | ≥ 6.11.8, < 6.12 | 6.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11.8, < 6.12 | ≥ 6.12.1, < 6.12.16 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.4 | 6.12 | 6.12:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.16-1

3 vendors · 88 products

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