# CVE-2024-57985: firmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '\_\_scm' on probe failures

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.13, 6.13.2
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 40289e35ca525f29a03989352ab207b6a9675475, fixed in 390d3baeba51a126f75c97b90ec28b9384ce4b84; from 40289e35ca525f29a03989352ab207b6a9675475, fixed in faf1715798fe72b79e4432ce8c6d03ca69765425; from 40289e35ca525f29a03989352ab207b6a9675475, fixed in 1e76b546e6fca7eb568161f408133904ca6bcf4f
- Linux: 6.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.11.0, fixed in 6.12.13; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.13.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: qcom: scm: Cleanup global '__scm' on probe failures If SCM driver fails the probe, it should not leave global '__scm' variable assigned, because external users of this driver will assume the probe finished successfully. For example TZMEM parts ('__scm->mempool') are initialized later in the probe, but users of it (__scm_smc_call()) rely on the '__scm' variable. This fixes theoretical NULL pointer exception, triggered via introducing probe deferral in SCM driver with call trace: qcom_tzmem_alloc+0x70/0x1ac (P) qcom_tzmem_alloc+0x64/0x1ac (L) qcom_scm_assign_mem+0x78/0x194 qcom_rmtfs_mem_probe+0x2d4/0x38c platform_probe+0x68/0xc8

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.13, 6.13.2) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/390d3baeba51a126f75c97b90ec28b9384ce4b84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf1715798fe72b79e4432ce8c6d03ca69765425
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e76b546e6fca7eb568161f408133904ca6bcf4f

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