Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-27079iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release In the kdump kernel, the IOMMU operates in deferred_attach mode. In this mode, info->domain may not yet be assigned by the time the release_device function is called. It leads to the following crash in the crash kernel: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000003c ... RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_lock+0xa/0xa0 ... _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1b/0x30 intel_iommu_release_device+0x96/0x170 iommu_deinit_device+0x39/0xf0 __iommu_group_remove_device+0xa0/0xd0 iommu_bus_notifier+0x55/0xb0 notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0xd0 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x41/0x60 bus_notify+0x34/0x50 device_del+0x269/0x3d0 pci_remove_bus_device+0x77/0x100 p2sb_bar+0xae/0x1d0 ... i801_probe+0x423/0x740 Use the release_domain mechanism to fix it. The scalable mode context entry which is not part of release domain should be cleared in release_device().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-27079
Debian:13linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27079
Debian:14linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-35.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1004.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 586081d3f6b13ec9dfdfdf3d7842a688b376fa5e – before 333fe86968482ca701c609af590003bcea450e8f586081d3f6b13ec9dfdfdf3d7842a688b376fa5e – before 81e921fd321614c2ad8ac333b041aae1da7a1c6d
Linux Linux 5.18

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