CVE-2024-56756

NameCVE-2024-56756
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix freeing of the HMB descriptor table The HMB descriptor table is sized to the maximum number of descriptors that could be used for a given device, but __nvme_alloc_host_mem could break out of the loop earlier on memory allocation failure and end up using less descriptors than planned for, which leads to an incorrect size passed to dma_free_coherent. In practice this was not showing up because the number of descriptors tends to be low and the dma coherent allocator always allocates and frees at least a page.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.123-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1vulnerable
trixie6.12.10-1fixed
sid6.12.11-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.123-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.12.3-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/3c2fb1ca8086eb139b2a551358137525ae8e0d7a (6.13-rc1)

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