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CVE-2024-43874

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-08-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.10.3 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccp - Fix null pointer dereference in __sev_snp_shutdown_locked Fix a null pointer dereference induced by DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE. Return from __sev_snp_shutdown_locked() if the psp_device or the sev_device structs are not initialized. Without the fix, the driver will produce the following splat: ccp 0000:55:00.5: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) ccp 0000:55:00.5: sev enabled ccp 0000:55:00.5: psp enabled BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000f0 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI CPU: 262 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc1+ #29 RIP: 0010:__sev_snp_shutdown_locked+0x2e/0x150 Code: 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 48 83 ec 10 41 89 f7 49 89 fe 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 45 d8 48 8b 05 6a 5a 7f 06 <4c> 8b a0 f0 00 00 00 41 0f b6 9c 24 a2 00 00 00 48 83 fb 02 0f 83 RSP: 0018:ffffb2ea4014b7b8 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9e4acd2e0a28 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffb2ea4014b808 RBP: ffffb2ea4014b7e8 R08: 0000000000000106 R09: 000000000003d9c0 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffffffa39ff070 R12: ffff9e49d40590c8 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffb2ea4014b808 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e58b1e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000000000f0 CR3: 0000000418a3e001 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x6f/0xb0 ? __die+0xcc/0xf0 ? page_fault_oops+0x330/0x3a0 ? save_trace+0x2a5/0x360 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x583/0x630 ? exc_page_fault+0x81/0x120 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x2b/0x30 ? __sev_snp_shutdown_locked+0x2e/0x150 __sev_firmware_shutdown+0x349/0x5b0 ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x66/0xe0 sev_dev_destroy+0x34/0xb0 psp_dev_destroy+0x27/0x60 sp_destroy+0x39/0x90 sp_pci_remove+0x22/0x60 pci_device_remove+0x4e/0x110 really_probe+0x271/0x4e0 __driver_probe_device+0x8f/0x160 driver_probe_device+0x24/0x120 __driver_attach+0xc7/0x280 ? driver_attach+0x30/0x30 bus_for_each_dev+0x10d/0x130 driver_attach+0x22/0x30 bus_add_driver+0x171/0x2b0 ? unaccepted_memory_init_kdump+0x20/0x20 driver_register+0x67/0x100 __pci_register_driver+0x83/0x90 sp_pci_init+0x22/0x30 sp_mod_init+0x13/0x30 do_one_initcall+0xb8/0x290 ? sched_clock_noinstr+0xd/0x10 ? local_clock_noinstr+0x3e/0x100 ? stack_depot_save_flags+0x21e/0x6a0 ? local_clock+0x1c/0x60 ? stack_depot_save_flags+0x21e/0x6a0 ? sched_clock_noinstr+0xd/0x10 ? local_clock_noinstr+0x3e/0x100 ? __lock_acquire+0xd90/0xe30 ? sched_clock_noinstr+0xd/0x10 ? local_clock_noinstr+0x3e/0x100 ? __create_object+0x66/0x100 ? local_clock+0x1c/0x60 ? __create_object+0x66/0x100 ? parameq+0x1b/0x90 ? parse_one+0x6d/0x1d0 ? parse_args+0xd7/0x1f0 ? do_initcall_level+0x180/0x180 do_initcall_level+0xb0/0x180 do_initcalls+0x60/0xa0 ? kernel_init+0x1f/0x1d0 do_basic_setup+0x41/0x50 kernel_init_freeable+0x1ac/0x230 ? rest_init+0x1f0/0x1f0 kernel_init+0x1f/0x1d0 ? rest_init+0x1f0/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x3d/0x50 ? rest_init+0x1f0/0x1f0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 </TASK> Modules linked in: CR2: 00000000000000f0 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- RIP: 0010:__sev_snp_shutdown_locked+0x2e/0x150 Code: 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 48 83 ec 10 41 89 f7 49 89 fe 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 45 d8 48 8b 05 6a 5a 7f 06 <4c> 8b a0 f0 00 00 00 41 0f b6 9c 24 a2 00 00 00 48 83 fb 02 0f 83 RSP: 0018:ffffb2ea4014b7b8 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9e4acd2e0a28 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000 ---truncated---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-476

The code follows a pointer that is null, crashing the process. An attacker who can reliably trigger it turns the crash into a denial of service. The fix is checking for null before use and handling the failure path gracefully.

General guidance for the null pointer dereference class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.9, < 6.10.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.10.3 or later
Fixed in 6.10.3
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux Kernel 6.10.3 or later

  1. 1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r` or `cat /proc/version`.
  2. 2. Confirm the affected version is >= 6.9 and < 6.10.3.
  3. 3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 6.10.3 or later to receive the fix.
  4. 4. For distribution-specific kernels (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian), apply the vendor's kernel update that includes the upstream commit 468e3295774d0edce15f4ae475913b5076dd4f40.
  5. 5. Reboot the system into the updated kernel to apply the fix.
  6. 6. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version: `uname -r`

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