CVE-2024-35843

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.8.2 - Use-After-Free in I/O Page Fault Reporting Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Use device rbtree in iopf reporting path The existing I/O page fault handler currently locates the PCI device by calling pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(). This function searches the list of all PCI devices until the desired device is found. To improve lookup efficiency, replace it with device_rbtree_find() to search the device within the probed device rbtree. The I/O page fault is initiated by the device, which does not have any synchronization mechanism with the software to ensure that the device stays in the probed device tree. Theoretically, a device could be released by the IOMMU subsystem after device_rbtree_find() and before iopf_get_dev_fault_param(), which would cause a use-after-free problem. Add a mutex to synchronize the I/O page fault reporting path and the IOMMU release device path. This lock doesn't introduce any performance overhead, as the conflict between I/O page fault reporting and device releasing is very rare.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.8.2linux
Linux/Linux < 6.1
Linux/Linux 06f4b8d09dbabec631ed7b033f5d5413d86c7134 - 3d39238991e745c5df85785604f037f35d9d1b15
Linux/Linux 06f4b8d09dbabec631ed7b033f5d5413d86c7134 - def054b01a867822254e1dda13d587f5c7a99e2a
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux 6.8.2 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9
linux/linux_kernel < 6.8.2
Published May 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026