# CVE-2024-41085: cxl/mem: Fix no cxl\_nvd during pmem region auto-assembling

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.158, 6.9.8
- Published: 2024-07-29 · Updated: 2026-10-03

## Affected

- Linux: from f17b558d6663101f876a1d9cbbad3de0c8f4ce4d, fixed in bc262c6d32b6c1715e64220e2cbfa64a225cd266; from f17b558d6663101f876a1d9cbbad3de0c8f4ce4d, fixed in 1d064e4fbebcf5b18dc10c1f3973487eb163b600; from f17b558d6663101f876a1d9cbbad3de0c8f4ce4d, fixed in 84ec985944ef34a34a1605b93ce401aa8737af96
- Linux: 6.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.9.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/mem: Fix no cxl_nvd during pmem region auto-assembling When CXL subsystem is auto-assembling a pmem region during cxl endpoint port probing, always hit below calltrace. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000078 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page RIP: 0010:cxl_pmem_region_probe+0x22e/0x360 [cxl_pmem] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x24/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x82/0x160 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x65/0x6b0 ? exc_page_fault+0x7d/0x170 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? cxl_pmem_region_probe+0x22e/0x360 [cxl_pmem] ? cxl_pmem_region_probe+0x1ac/0x360 [cxl_pmem] cxl_bus_probe+0x1b/0x60 [cxl_core] really_probe+0x173/0x410 ? __pfx___device_attach_driver+0x10/0x10 __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x170 driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90 __device_attach_driver+0x90/0x120 bus_for_each_drv+0x84/0xe0 __device_attach+0xbc/0x1f0 bus_probe_device+0x90/0xa0 device_add+0x51c/0x710 devm_cxl_add_pmem_region+0x1b5/0x380 [cxl_core] cxl_bus_probe+0x1b/0x60 [cxl_core] The cxl_nvd of the memdev needs to be available during the pmem region probe. Currently the cxl_nvd is registered after the endpoint port probe. The endpoint probe, in the case of autoassembly of regions, can cause a pmem region probe requiring the not yet available cxl_nvd. Adjust the sequence so this dependency is met. This requires adding a port parameter to cxl_find_nvdimm_bridge() that can be used to query the ancestor root port. The endpoint port is not yet available, but will share a common ancestor with its parent, so start the query from there instead.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.158, 6.9.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc262c6d32b6c1715e64220e2cbfa64a225cd266
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d064e4fbebcf5b18dc10c1f3973487eb163b600
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ec985944ef34a34a1605b93ce401aa8737af96

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