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Linux Linux — virtio: packed: fix unmap leak for indirect desc table
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0059 45.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux b319940f83c21bb4c1fabffe68a862be879a6193 – —
Linux 6.6 – 6.6.23
TIMELINE
Feb 19 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-27066 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio: packed: fix unmap leak for indirect desc table
When use_dma_api and premapped are true, then the do_unmap is false.
Because the do_unmap is false, vring_unmap_extra_packed is not called by
detach_buf_packed.
if (unlikely(vq->do_unmap)) {
curr = id;
for (i = 0; i < state->num; i++) {
vring_unmap_extra_packed(vq,
&vq->packed.desc_extra[curr]);
curr = vq->packed.desc_extra[curr].next;
}
}
So the indirect desc table is not unmapped. This causes the unmap leak.
So here, we check vq->use_dma_api instead. Synchronously, dma info is
updated based on use_dma_api judgment
This bug does not occur, because no driver use the premapped with
indirect.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 19, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-27066 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | b319940f83c21bb4c1fabffe68a862be879a6193 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.6 | 6.6.23 |
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