Vulnerability · Published Dec 27, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-56624iommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc()

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 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% 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: iommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc() As fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are getting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one more time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts: refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P) refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L) iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd] ... VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd]) WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 Call trace: filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P) filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L) __arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98 ... imbalanced put on file reference count WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 Call trace: __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P) __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L) __fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0 Drop those two lines to fix the warnings above.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56624
Debian:14linux6.12.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed – before 2b3f30c8edbf9a122ce01f13f0f41fbca5f1d41d07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed – before af7f4780514f850322b2959032ecaa96e4b26472
Linux Linux 6.11

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