# CVE-2024-56624: iommufd: Fix out\_fput in iommufd\_fault\_alloc()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.5
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed, fixed in 2b3f30c8edbf9a122ce01f13f0f41fbca5f1d41d; from 07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed, fixed in af7f4780514f850322b2959032ecaa96e4b26472
- Linux: 6.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.11.0, fixed in 6.12.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc() As fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are getting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one more time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts: refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P) refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L) iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd] ... VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd]) WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 Call trace: filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P) filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L) __arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98 ... imbalanced put on file reference count WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 Call trace: __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P) __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L) __fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0 Drop those two lines to fix the warnings above.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b3f30c8edbf9a122ce01f13f0f41fbca5f1d41d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7f4780514f850322b2959032ecaa96e4b26472

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