Kernel crash via asymmetric remoteproc initialization
Published Nov 8, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
NULL-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel K3 R5 remoteproc driver allows local users to crash the system during remote-core shutdown. The driver returns immediately after the second core fails to power up, leaving the first remoteproc initialized while its paired instance is absent. The vulnerable TI K3 R5 configuration and a power-up failure are required; a later shutdown dereferences the missing second instance and crashes the kernel.
Summary
What happened
NULL-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel K3 R5 remoteproc driver allows local users to crash the system during remote-core shutdown. The driver returns immediately after the second core fails to power up, leaving the first remoteproc initialized while its paired instance is absent. The vulnerable TI K3 R5 configuration and a power-up failure are required; a later shutdown dereferences the missing second instance and crashes the kernel.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50176
- Published
- Nov 8, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-755, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2494bc856e7ce50b1c4fd8afb4d17f2693f36565 <fc71c23958931713b5e76f317b76be37189f2516
- Affected versionversion=2a1ec20b174c0f613224c59e694639ac07308b53 <87ab3af7447791d0c619610fd560bd804549e187
- Affected versionversion=6.10
- Affected versionversion=6.1.95 <6.1.113
- Affected versionversion=61f6f68447aba08aeaa97593af3a7d85a114891f <7afb5e3aa989c479979faeb18768a67889a7a9c6
- Affected versionversion=61f6f68447aba08aeaa97593af3a7d85a114891f <9ab27eb5866ccbf57715cfdba4b03d57776092fb
- Affected versionversion=61f6f68447aba08aeaa97593af3a7d85a114891f <afd102bde99d90ef41e043c846ea34b04433eb7b
- Affected versionversion=6.6.35 <6.6.55
- Affected versionversion=6.9.6 <6.10
- Affected versionversion=8ae2a10f5c7010ac82ab015cf864199093d61a7d
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