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CVE-2024-56669
published 2024-12-27

CVE-2024-56669: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Remove cache tags before disabling ATS The current implementation removes cache…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Remove cache tags before disabling ATS The current implementation removes cache tags after disabling ATS, leading to potential memory leaks and kernel crashes. Specifically, CACHE_TAG_DEVTLB type cache tags may still remain in the list even after the domain is freed, causing a use-after-free condition. This issue really shows up when multiple VFs from different PFs passed through to a single user-space process via vfio-pci. In such cases, the kernel may crash with kernel messages like: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000014 PGD 19036a067 P4D 1940a3067 PUD 136c9b067 PMD 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 74 UID: 0 PID: 3183 Comm: testCli Not tainted 6.11.9 #2 RIP: 0010:cache_tag_flush_range+0x9b/0x250 Call Trace: ? __die+0x1f/0x60 ? page_fault_oops+0x163/0x590 ? exc_page_fault+0x72/0x190 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? cache_tag_flush_range+0x9b/0x250 ? cache_tag_flush_range+0x5d/0x250 intel_iommu_tlb_sync+0x29/0x40 intel_iommu_unmap_pages+0xfe/0x160 __iommu_unmap+0xd8/0x1a0 vfio_unmap_unpin+0x182/0x340 [vfio_iommu_type1] vfio_remove_dma+0x2a/0xb0 [vfio_iommu_type1] vfio_iommu_type1_ioctl+0xafa/0x18e0 [vfio_iommu_type1] Move cache_tag_unassign_domain() before iommu_disable_pci_caps() to fix it.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.6-1 (forky)linux 6.12.6-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3b1d9e2b2d6856eabf5faa12d20c97fef657999f < 9a0a72d3ed919ebe6491f527630998be053151d89a0a72d3ed919ebe6491f527630998be053151d8
linuxlinux>= 3b1d9e2b2d6856eabf5faa12d20c97fef657999f < 1f2557e08a617a4b5e92a48a1a9a6f86621def181f2557e08a617a4b5e92a48a1a9a6f86621def18
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.6-16.12.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.6-16.12.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.10 < 6.12.66.12.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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