# CVE-2024-26709: powerpc/iommu: Fix the missing iommu_group_put() during platform domain attach

> A missing reference count decrement in the Linux kernel's PowerPC IOMMU code causes a kernel bug and system crash during specific device removal operations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26709, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26709, GHSA-mq9q-ghqw-348q, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26709

## What is CVE-2024-26709?

CVE-2024-26709 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powerpc/iommu: Fix the missing iommu_group_put() during platform domain attach

The function spapr_tce_platform_iommu_attach_dev() is missing to call
iommu_group_put() when the domain is already set. This refcount leak
shows up with BUG_ON() during DLPAR remove operation as:

  KernelBug: Kernel bug in state 'None': kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c:100!
  Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
  LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=8192 NUMA pSeries
  <snip>
  Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NH1060_016) hv:phyp pSeries
  NIP:  c0000000000ff4d4 LR: c0000000000ff4cc CTR: 0000000000000000
  REGS: c0000013aed5f840 TRAP: 0700   Tainted: G          I         (6.8.0-rc3-autotest-g99bd3cb0d12e)
  MSR:  8000000000029033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE>  CR: 44002402  XER: 20040000
  CFAR: c000000000a0d170 IRQMASK: 0
  ...
  NIP iommu_reconfig_notifier+0x94/0x200
  LR  iommu_reconfig_notifier+0x8c/0x200
  Call Trace:
    iommu_reconfig_notifier+0x8c/0x200 (unreliable)
    notifier_call_chain+0xb8/0x19c
    blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x64/0x98
    of_reconfig_notify+0x44/0xdc
    of_detach_node+0x78/0xb0
    ofdt_write.part.0+0x86c/0xbb8
    proc_reg_write+0xf4/0x150
    vfs_write+0xf8/0x488
    ksys_write+0x84/0x140
    system_call_exception+0x138/0x330
    system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec

The patch adds the missing iommu_group_put() call.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26709?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26709?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26709 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26709 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26709 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26709/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26709/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26709
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26709
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26709

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