Kernel crash via faulty PCI bridge null check
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel PCI Keystone code allows local users to crash affected systems during PCI device setup. The ks_pcie_quirk() guard combines absent bridge-device and parent checks with &&, then dereferences bridge_dev->parent when either is missing. The path applies to matching AM6 PCI bridges, and exploitation requires local low-privileged access to an applicable system.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel PCI Keystone code allows local users to crash affected systems during PCI device setup. The ks_pcie_quirk() guard combines absent bridge-device and parent checks with &&, then dereferences bridge_dev->parent when either is missing. The path applies to matching AM6 PCI bridges, and exploitation requires local low-privileged access to an applicable system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47756
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=135843c351c08df72bdd4b4ebea53c8052a76881 <dc5aeba07395c8dfa29bb878c8ce4d5180427221
- Affected versionversion=5.10.226 <5.10.227
- Affected versionversion=5.15.167 <5.15.168
- Affected versionversion=5.4.284 <5.4.285
- Affected versionversion=576d0fb6f8d4bd4695e70eee173a1b9c7bae9572 <e85ab507882db165c10a858d7f685a0a38f0312e
- Affected versionversion=6.10.10 <6.10.13
- Affected versionversion=6.11
- Affected versionversion=6.1.110 <6.1.113
- Affected versionversion=6.6.51 <6.6.54
- Affected versionversion=86f271f22bbb6391410a07e08d6ca3757fda01fa <2171c5cb2fbc3e03af7e8116cd58736c09328655
- Affected versionversion=86f271f22bbb6391410a07e08d6ca3757fda01fa <6188a1c762eb9bbd444f47696eda77a5eae6207a
- Affected versionversion=af218c803fe298ddf00abef331aa526b20d7ea61 <23838bef2adb714ec37b2d6141dccf4a3a70bdef
- Affected versionversion=cfb006e185f64edbbdf7869eac352442bc76b8f6 <9c9afc3e75069fcfb067727973242cfbf00dd7eb
- Affected versionversion=dd47051c76c8acd8cb983f01b4d1265da29cb66a <72210e52e19a27f615e0b5273d2bf012d0dc318d
- Affected versionversion=ebbdbbc580c1695dec283d0ba6448729dc993246 <c289903b7a216df5ea6e1850ddf1b958eea9921d
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