{"id":"CVE-2024-57985","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '__scm' on probe failures\n\nIf SCM driver fails the probe, it should not leave global '__scm'\nvariable assigned, because external use…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '__scm' on probe failures\n\nIf SCM driver fails the probe, it should not leave global '__scm'\nvariable assigned, because external use…","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.11, < 6.12.13","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.2"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.13.2"],"published":"2025-02-27","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T22:18:04.670","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57985","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e76b546e6fca7eb568161f408133904ca6bcf4f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/390d3baeba51a126f75c97b90ec28b9384ce4b84","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf1715798fe72b79e4432ce8c6d03ca69765425","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00204,"epssPercentile":0.1032,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T21:41:53.306384Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T22:48:25.463Z","slug":"CVE-2024-57985","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '__scm' on probe failures\n\nIf SCM driver fails the probe, it should not leave global '__scm'\nvariable assigned, because external users of this driver will assume the\nprobe finished successfully.  For example TZMEM parts ('__scm->mempool')\nare initialized later in the probe, but users of it (__scm_smc_call())\nrely on the '__scm' variable.\n\nThis fixes theoretical NULL pointer exception, triggered via introducing\nprobe deferral in SCM driver with call trace:\n\n  qcom_tzmem_alloc+0x70/0x1ac (P)\n  qcom_tzmem_alloc+0x64/0x1ac (L)\n  qcom_scm_assign_mem+0x78/0x194\n  qcom_rmtfs_mem_probe+0x2d4/0x38c\n  platform_probe+0x68/0xc8\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.11, < 6.12.13`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.13.2`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}