In 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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Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:30:00 +0000
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Weaknesses | CWE-131 |
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Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-Other | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:45:00 +0000
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Description | In 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. | |
Title | nvme-pci: fix freeing of the HMB descriptor table | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-01-20T06:27:29.259Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T11:26:39.761Z
Link: CVE-2024-56756

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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-12-29T12:15:09.190
Modified: 2025-01-06T20:33:10.813
Link: CVE-2024-56756
