CVE-2024-27079
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
01/05/2024
Last modified:
05/03/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release<br />
<br />
In the kdump kernel, the IOMMU operates in deferred_attach mode. In this<br />
mode, info->domain may not yet be assigned by the time the release_device<br />
function is called. It leads to the following crash in the crash kernel:<br />
<br />
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000003c<br />
...<br />
RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_lock+0xa/0xa0<br />
...<br />
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1b/0x30<br />
intel_iommu_release_device+0x96/0x170<br />
iommu_deinit_device+0x39/0xf0<br />
__iommu_group_remove_device+0xa0/0xd0<br />
iommu_bus_notifier+0x55/0xb0<br />
notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0xd0<br />
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x41/0x60<br />
bus_notify+0x34/0x50<br />
device_del+0x269/0x3d0<br />
pci_remove_bus_device+0x77/0x100<br />
p2sb_bar+0xae/0x1d0<br />
...<br />
i801_probe+0x423/0x740<br />
<br />
Use the release_domain mechanism to fix it. The scalable mode context<br />
entry which is not part of release domain should be cleared in<br />
release_device().
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.18 (including) | 6.8.2 (excluding) |
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