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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-41070" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-07-29T14:57:30.952Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:35:11.092Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41070" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41070.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41070" title: "KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group()\n\nAl reported a possible use-after-free (UAF) in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group().\n\nIt looks up `stt` from tablefd, but then continues to use it after doing\nfdput() on the returned fd. After the fdput() the tablefd is free to be\nclosed by another thread. The close calls kvm_spapr_tce_release() and\nthen release_spapr_tce_table() (via call_rcu()) which frees `stt`.\n\nAlthough there are calls to rcu_read_lock() in\nkvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group() they are not sufficient to prevent\nthe UAF, because `stt` is used outside the locked regions.\n\nWith an artifcial delay after the fdput() and a userspace program which\ntriggers the race, KASAN detects the UAF:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group+0x298/0x720 [kvm]\n Read of size 4 at addr c000200027552c30 by task kvm-vfio/2505\n CPU: 54 PID: 2505 Comm: kvm-vfio Not tainted 6.10.0-rc3-next-20240612-dirty #1\n Hardware name: 8335-GTH POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:skiboot-v6.5.3-35-g1851b2a06 PowerNV\n Call Trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0xb4/0x108 (unreliable)\n print_report+0x2b4/0x6ec\n kasan_report+0x118/0x2b0\n __asan_load4+0xb8/0xd0\n kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group+0x298/0x720 [kvm]\n kvm_vfio_set_attr+0x524/0xac0 [kvm]\n kvm_device_ioctl+0x144/0x240 [kvm]\n sys_ioctl+0x62c/0x1810\n system_call_exception+0x190/0x440\n system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\n ...\n Freed by task 0:\n ...\n kfree+0xec/0x3e0\n release_spapr_tce_table+0xd4/0x11c [kvm]\n rcu_core+0x568/0x16a0\n handle_softirqs+0x23c/0x920\n do_softirq_own_stack+0x6c/0x90\n do_softirq_own_stack+0x58/0x90\n __irq_exit_rcu+0x218/0x2d0\n irq_exit+0x30/0x80\n arch_local_irq_restore+0x128/0x230\n arch_local_irq_enable+0x1c/0x30\n cpuidle_enter_state+0x134/0x5cc\n cpuidle_enter+0x6c/0xb0\n call_cpuidle+0x7c/0x100\n do_idle+0x394/0x410\n cpu_startup_entry+0x60/0x70\n start_secondary+0x3fc/0x410\n start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14\n\nFix it by delaying the fdput() until `stt` is no longer in use, which\nis effectively the entire function. To keep the patch minimal add a call\nto fdput() at each of the existing return paths. Future work can convert\nthe function to goto or __cleanup style cleanup.\n\nWith the fix in place the test case no longer triggers the UAF." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"be847bb20c809de8ac124431b556f244400b0491"},{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4cdf6926f443c84f680213c7aafbe6f91a5fcbc0"},{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b26c8c85463ef27a522d24fcd05651f0bb039e47"},{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5f856023971f97fff74cfaf21b48ec320147b50a"},{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"82c7a4cf14aa866f8f7f09e662b02eddc49ee0bf"},{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9975f93c760a32453d7639cf6fcf3f73b4e71ffe"},{"version":"121f80ba68f1a5779a36d7b3247206e60e0a7418","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a986fa57fd81a1430e00b3c6cf8a325d6f894a63"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.12"},{"version":"5.4.281","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.223","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.164","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.9.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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