CVE-2024-40945

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Existing drivers (idxd and uacce) only\ncheck the return value with IS_ERR(). This could potentially lead to\na kernel NULL pointer dereference issue if the function returns NULL\ninstead of an error pointer.\n\nIn reality, this doesn't cause any problems because iommu_sva_bind_device()\nonly returns NULL when the kernel is not configured with CONFIG_IOMMU_SVA.\nIn this case, iommu_dev_enable_feature(dev, IOMMU_DEV_FEAT_SVA) will\nreturn an error, and the device drivers won't call iommu_sva_bind_device()\nat all."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se resolvi\u00f3 la siguiente vulnerabilidad: iommu: Devuelve el valor correcto en iommu_sva_bind_device() iommu_sva_bind_device() deber\u00eda devolver un identificador de enlace sva o un valor ERR_PTR en casos de error. Los controladores existentes (idxd y uacce) solo verifican el valor de retorno con IS_ERR(). Esto podr\u00eda provocar un problema de desreferencia del puntero NULL del kernel si la funci\u00f3n devuelve NULL en lugar de un puntero de error. En realidad, esto no causa ning\u00fan problema porque iommu_sva_bind_device() solo devuelve NULL cuando el kernel no est\u00e1 configurado con CONFIG_IOMMU_SVA. En este caso, iommu_dev_enable_feature(dev, IOMMU_DEV_FEAT_SVA) devolver\u00e1 un error y los controladores del dispositivo no llamar\u00e1n a iommu_sva_bind_device() en absoluto."}], "lastModified": "2025-11-03T20:16:27.100", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "5A16AF13-82B4-4031-88E2-F3A1AE0863D5", "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.279", "versionStartIncluding": "5.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "659E1520-6345-41AF-B893-A7C0647585A0", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.221", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "10A39ACC-3005-40E8-875C-98A372D1FFD5", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.162", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BC897C60-C0EC-4C8F-AD1A-CD0916F408C4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.35", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0ABBBA1D-F79D-4BDB-AA41-D1EDCC4A6975", "versionEndExcluding": "6.9.6", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "2EBB4392-5FA6-4DA9-9772-8F9C750109FA"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "331C2F14-12C7-45D5-893D-8C52EE38EA10"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}