NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-36884

Vulnerability identifier: #VU90382

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36884

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the nvidia_smmu_context_fault() function in drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu-nvidia.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-source
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-aws (Ubuntu package)
IBM Security Guardium

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.8.10
kernel - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
perf - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-48.0.0.53
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.11
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.11
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1009.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1009.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oem (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1011.11, 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1011.11, 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1012.13
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1012.13
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1013.14
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1013.14
IBM Security Guardium - addressed in versions 12.0p31, 12.0p106

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e83de8f05b998e227b48cdeea54cba4c9d66d3aa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ade5653f5ab5a21635e51d0c65e95f490f5b6f
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.10

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel arm arm-smmu driver
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-lowlatency
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-lowlatency
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for kernel
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium