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CVE-2024-57985

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-57985 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm SCM driver. It involves a theoretical NULL pointer exception that could occur if the SCM driver fails to probe correctly, leaving the global '__scm' variable assigned prematurely. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.11, < 6.12.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.13, < 6.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-57985Moderate

kernel: firmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '__scm' on probe failures

Feb 27, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1e76b546e6fca7eb568161f408133904ca6bcf4f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/390d3baeba51a126f75c97b90ec28b9384ce4b84
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/faf1715798fe72b79e4432ce8c6d03ca69765425
Patch