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CVE-2024-56724

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.287 / 5.10.231 or later.
See remediation →
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: mfd: intel_soc_pmic_bxtwc: Use IRQ domain for TMU device While design wise the idea of converting the driver to use the hierarchy of the IRQ chips is correct, the implementation has (inherited) flaws. This was unveiled when platform_get_irq() had started WARN() on IRQ 0 that is supposed to be a Linux IRQ number (also known as vIRQ). Rework the driver to respect IRQ domain when creating each MFD device separately, as the domain is not the same for all of them.

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

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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:>= 4.10, < 5.4.287>= 5.5, < 5.10.231>= 5.11, < 5.15.174>= 5.16, < 6.1.120>= 6.2, < 6.6.64>= 6.7, < 6.11.11>= 6.12, < 6.12.2

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 5.4.287 / 5.10.231 / 5.15.174 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2875.10.2315.15.174
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to Linux kernel 5.4.287+, 5.10.231+, 5.15.174+, or 6.1.120+ (or later stable release)

  1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r` or `cat /proc/version`
  2. Determine which version branch you are on from the affected ranges (4.10-5.4.x, 5.5-5.10.x, 5.11-5.15.x, or 5.16-6.1.x)
  3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix: 5.4.287 or later for 5.4.x branch, 5.10.231 or later for 5.10.x branch, 5.15.174 or later for 5.15.x branch, or 6.1.120 or later for 6.1.x branch
  4. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  5. Alternatively, apply the vendor patch from commit 1b734ad0e33648c3988c6a37c2ac16c2d63eda06 to the kernel source and rebuild the kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may introduce regressions; test in staging environment first. Ensure hardware support for your platform exists in the target kernel version.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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