GHSA-FH5C-W77M-VMMM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:32
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Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-40945"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:16Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-fh5c-w77m-vmmm",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T12:32:02Z",
  "published": "2024-07-12T15:31:28Z",
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