Medium severity · published Jul 12, 2024
CVE-2024-40945
iommu: Return right value in iommu_sva_bind_device()
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu: Return right value in iommu_sva_bind_device()
iommu_sva_bind_device() should return either a sva bond handle or an
ERR_PTR value in error cases. Existing drivers (idxd and uacce) only
check the return value with IS_ERR(). This could potentially lead to
a kernel NULL pointer dereference issue if the function returns NULL
instead of an error pointer.
In reality, this doesn't cause any problems because iommu_sva_bind_device()
only returns NULL when the kernel is not configured with CONFIG_IOMMU_SVA.
In this case, iommu_dev_enable_feature(dev, IOMMU_DEV_FEAT_SVA) will
return an error, and the device drivers won't call iommu_sva_bind_device()
at all.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.2 before 5.4.279; 5.5 before 5.10.221; 5.11 before 5.15.162; 5.16 before 6.6.35; 6.7 before 6.9.6; 6.10; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 before 700f564758882db7c039dfba9443fe762561a3f8; 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 before cf34f8f66982a36e5cba0d05781b21ec9606b91e; 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 before 2973b8e7d127754de9013177c41c0b5547406998; 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 before 6325eab6c108fed27f60ff51852e3eac0ba23f3f; 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 before 7388ae6f26c0ba95f70cc96bf9c5d5cb06c908b6; 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 before 61a96da9649a6b6a1a5d5bde9374b045fdb5c12e; +2 more · source: vendor
RR
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P · Siemens
before V3.1 · source: CISA
SX
SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family · Siemens
before V3.1 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0; 0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40945
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2973b8e7d127754de9013177c41c0b5547406998
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a96da9649a6b6a1a5d5bde9374b045fdb5c12e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6325eab6c108fed27f60ff51852e3eac0ba23f3f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700f564758882db7c039dfba9443fe762561a3f8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7388ae6f26c0ba95f70cc96bf9c5d5cb06c908b6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89e8a2366e3bce584b6c01549d5019c5cda1205e
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