Kernel warning via zero STB address mapping
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Improper address validation in the AMD PMC driver in affected Linux kernels allows local users to trigger a kernel warning during module loading. The amd_stb_s2d_init path passes a zero address to ioremap when S2D_PHYS_ADDR_LOW and S2D_PHYS_ADDR_HIGH report that the Smart Trace Buffer is inaccessible. Reachability requires an AMD platform and amd_pmc loaded with enable_stb=1; the documented consequence is a kernel warning, not a demonstrated crash.
Summary
What happened
Improper address validation in the AMD PMC driver in affected Linux kernels allows local users to trigger a kernel warning during module loading. The amd_stb_s2d_init path passes a zero address to ioremap when S2D_PHYS_ADDR_LOW and S2D_PHYS_ADDR_HIGH report that the Smart Trace Buffer is inaccessible. Reachability requires an AMD platform and amd_pmc loaded with enable_stb=1; the documented consequence is a kernel warning, not a demonstrated crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53072
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d <67ff30e24a0466bdd5be1d0b84385ec3c85fdacd
- Affected versionversion=3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d <7a3ed3f125292bc3398e04d10108124250892e3f
- Affected versionversion=3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d <a50863dd1f92d43c975ab2ecc3476617fe98a66e
- Affected versionversion=3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d <bceec87a73804bb4c33b9a6c96e2d27cd893a801
- Affected versionversion=5.18
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