The vulnerability of the iommu_sva_bind_device() function in the drivers/iommu/iommu-sva.c module of the Linux operating system’s IOMMU driver allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the iommusvabinddevice function in the drivers/iommu/iommu-sva.c file of the Linux IOMMU driver relates to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommusvabinddevice should return either a device handle or an ERRPTR value in error cases. Existing drivers idxd and uacce only check the return value using ISERR. This could potentially lead to a NULL pointer dereferencing issue...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Return right value in iommusvabinddevice CVE-2024-40945 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfqlimitdepth CVE-2024-53166 In the Linux kernel, the...

CVE-2024-40945 iommu: Return right value in iommu_sva_bind_device()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Return right value in iommusvabinddevice iommusvabinddevice should return either a sva bond handle or an ERRPTR value in error cases. Existing drivers idxd and uacce only check the return value with ISERR. This could...