Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-43856dma: fix call order in dmam_free_coherent

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.9% 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: dma: fix call order in dmam_free_coherent dmam_free_coherent() frees a DMA allocation, which makes the freed vaddr available for reuse, then calls devres_destroy() to remove and free the data structure used to track the DMA allocation. Between the two calls, it is possible for a concurrent task to make an allocation with the same vaddr and add it to the devres list. If this happens, there will be two entries in the devres list with the same vaddr and devres_destroy() can free the wrong entry, triggering the WARN_ON() in dmam_match. Fix by destroying the devres entry before freeing the DMA allocation. kokonut //net/encryption http://sponge2/b9145fe6-0f72-4325-ac2f-a84d81075b03

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.106-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43856
Debian:13linux6.10.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43856
Debian:14linux6.10.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-50.51UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1072.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1020.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1076.85.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1015.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1055.62UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1069.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1067.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1019.21.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1070.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1038.42UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43856

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before fe2d246080f035e0af5793cb79067ba125e4fb639ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before 2f7bbdc744f2e7051d1cb47c8e082162df1923c99ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before 257193083e8f43907e99ea633820fc2b3bcd24c79ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before 87b34c8c94e29fa01d744e5147697f592998d9549ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before f993a4baf6b622232e4c190d34c220179e5d61eb9ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before 1fe97f68fce1ba24bf823bfb0eb09560034731309ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before 22094f5f52e7bc16c5bf9613365049383650b02e9ac7849e35f705830f7b016ff272b0ff1f7ff759 – before 28e8b7406d3a1f5329a03aa25a43aa28e087cb20
Linux Linux 2.6.21

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