CVE-2024-46824

Oct. 2, 2024, 2:29 p.m.

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
linux
  • linux_kernel
  • *

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Require drivers to supply the cache_invalidate_user ops If drivers don't do this then iommufd will oops invalidation ioctls with something like: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000086000004 EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000101059000 [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 2 PID: 371 Comm: qemu-system-aar Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7-gde77230ac23a #9 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pstate: 81400809 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=-c) pc : 0x0 lr : iommufd_hwpt_invalidate+0xa4/0x204 sp : ffff800080f3bcc0 x29: ffff800080f3bcf0 x28: ffff0000c369b300 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 00000000c1e334a0 x21: ffff0000c1e334a0 x20: ffff800080f3bd38 x19: ffff800080f3bd58 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000ffff8240d6d8 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000001000000002 x7 : 0000fffeac1ec950 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : ffff800080f3bd78 x4 : 0000000000000003 x3 : 0000000000000002 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff800080f3bcc8 x0 : ffff0000c6034d80 Call trace: 0x0 iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x154/0x274 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0xf0 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x34/0xb4 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 All existing drivers implement this op for nesting, this is mostly a bisection aid.

Weaknesses

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

CWE ID: 476

Date

Published: Sept. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 2, 2024, 2:29 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has had analysis completed and all data associations made.

More info

Source

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
o linux linux_kernel / / / / / / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References