Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-53072
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86/amd/pmc: Detect when STB is not available Loading the amd_pmc module as: amd_pmc enable_stb=1 ...can result in the following messages in the kernel ring buffer: amd_pmc AMDI0009:00: SMU cmd failed. err: 0xff ioremap on RAM at 0x0000000000000000 - 0x0000000000ffffff WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 2151 at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:217 __ioremap_caller+0x2cd/0x340 Further debugging reveals that this occurs when the requests for S2D_PHYS_ADDR_LOW and S2D_PHYS_ADDR_HIGH return a value of 0, indicating that the STB is inaccessible. To prevent the ioremap warning and provide clarity to the user, handle the invalid address and display an error message.
EPSS: 0.002 (15.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d, 5.18, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.12
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-53072?
- CVE-2024-53072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-53072?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.