Local service interruption via NULL ATIF object dereference
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's amdgpu driver allows local users to interrupt service through an ACPI error path. In amdgpu_acpi.c, an AE_NOT_FOUND result from acpi_evaluate_object leaves buffer.pointer NULL, but the ATIF path dereferences that pointer. Reachability requires AMD GPU hardware and firmware without ATIF support; triggering the path can crash the kernel, with no reported data access or code execution.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's amdgpu driver allows local users to interrupt service through an ACPI error path. In amdgpu_acpi.c, an AE_NOT_FOUND result from acpi_evaluate_object leaves buffer.pointer NULL, but the ATIF path dereferences that pointer. Reachability requires AMD GPU hardware and firmware without ATIF support; triggering the path can crash the kernel, with no reported data access or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53060
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=1d7175f9c57b1abf9ecfbdfd53ea760761f52ffe <b9d9881237afeb52eddd70077b7174bf17e2fa30
- Affected versionversion=234682910971732cd4da96fd95946e296e486b38 <2ac7f253deada4d449559b65a1c1cd0a6f6f19b7
- Affected versionversion=4.19.323 <4.19.324
- Affected versionversion=43b4fa6e0e238c6e2662f4fb61d9f51c2785fb1d <8d7a28eca7553d35d4ce192fa1f390f2357df41b
- Affected versionversion=5.10.229 <5.10.230
- Affected versionversion=5.15.170 <5.15.172
- Affected versionversion=5.4.285 <5.4.286
- Affected versionversion=58556dcbd5606a5daccaee73b2130bc16b48e025 <ce8a00a00e36f61f5a1e47734332420b68784c43
- Affected versionversion=6032287747f874b52dc8b9d7490e2799736e035f <27fc29b5376998c126c85cf9b15d9dfc2afc9cbe
- Affected versionversion=6.1.115 <6.1.117
- Affected versionversion=6.11.6 <6.11.8
- Affected versionversion=6.6.59 <6.6.61
- Affected versionversion=975ede2a7bec52b5da1428829b3439667c8a234b <a613a392417532ca5aaf3deac6e3277aa7aaef2b
- Affected versionversion=bf58f03931fdcf7b3c45cb76ac13244477a60f44 <a6dd15981c03f2cdc9a351a278f09b5479d53d2e
- Affected versionversion=cd67af3c1762de4c2483ae4dbdd98f9ea8fa56e3 <1a9f55ed5b512f510ccd21ad527d532e60550e80
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
No public exploit references are available in this record.
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo