# CVE-2024-26746: dmaengine: idxd: Ensure safe user copy of completion record

> A flaw in the Linux kernel idxd driver allows kernel memory exposure and potential crashes when hardened usercopy is enabled.

- **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:** 4 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26746, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26746, GHSA-frw5-678v-439g, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26746

## What is CVE-2024-26746?

CVE-2024-26746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 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:

dmaengine: idxd: Ensure safe user copy of completion record

If CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY is enabled, copying completion record from
event log cache to user triggers a kernel bug.

[ 1987.159822] usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from SLUB object 'dsa0' (offset 74, size 31)!
[ 1987.170845] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1987.176086] kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
[ 1987.180946] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 1987.186866] CPU: 17 PID: 528 Comm: kworker/17:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2+ #5
[ 1987.194537] Hardware name: Intel Corporation AvenueCity/AvenueCity, BIOS BHSDCRB1.86B.2492.D03.2307181620 07/18/2023
[ 1987.206405] Workqueue: wq0.0 idxd_evl_fault_work [idxd]
[ 1987.212338] RIP: 0010:usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90
[ 1987.217381] Code: 58 65 9c 50 48 c7 c2 17 85 61 9c 57 48 c7 c7 98 fd 6b 9c 48 0f 44 d6 48 c7 c6 b3 08 62 9c 4c 89 d1 49 0f 44 f3 e8 1e 2e d5 ff <0f> 0b 49 c7 c1 9e 42 61 9c 4c 89 cf 4d 89 c8 eb a9 66 66 2e 0f 1f
[ 1987.238505] RSP: 0018:ff62f5cf20607d60 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 1987.244423] RAX: 000000000000005f RBX: 000000000000001f RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 1987.252480] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff9c61429e RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[ 1987.260538] RBP: ff62f5cf20607d78 R08: ff2a6a89ef3fffe8 R09: 00000000fffeffff
[ 1987.268595] R10: ff2a6a89eed00000 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ff2a66934849c89a
[ 1987.276652] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ff2a66934849c8b9 R15: ff2a66934849c899
[ 1987.284710] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff2a66b22fe40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 1987.293850] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 1987.300355] CR2: 00007fe291a37000 CR3: 000000010fbd4005 CR4: 0000000000f71ef0
[ 1987.308413] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 1987.316470] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 1987.324527] PKRU: 55555554
[ 1987.327622] Call Trace:
[ 1987.330424]  <TASK>
[ 1987.332826]  ? show_regs+0x6e/0x80
[ 1987.336703]  ? die+0x3c/0xa0
[ 1987.339988]  ? do_trap+0xd4/0xf0
[ 1987.343662]  ? do_error_trap+0x75/0xa0
[ 1987.347922]  ? usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90
[ 1987.352277]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x57/0x80
[ 1987.356634]  ? usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90
[ 1987.360988]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30
[ 1987.365734]  ? usercopy_abort+0x72/0x90
[ 1987.370088]  __check_heap_object+0xb7/0xd0
[ 1987.374739]  __check_object_size+0x175/0x2d0
[ 1987.379588]  idxd_copy_cr+0xa9/0x130 [idxd]
[ 1987.384341]  idxd_evl_fault_work+0x127/0x390 [idxd]
[ 1987.389878]  process_one_work+0x13e/0x300
[ 1987.394435]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 1987.399284]  worker_thread+0x2f7/0x420
[ 1987.403544]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2b/0x50
[ 1987.409171]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 1987.414019]  kthread+0x107/0x140
[ 1987.417693]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 1987.421954]  ret_from_fork+0x3d/0x60
[ 1987.426019]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 1987.430281]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
[ 1987.434744]  </TASK>

The issue arises because event log cache is created using
kmem_cache_create() which is not suitable for user copy.

Fix the issue by creating event log cache with
kmem_cache_create_usercopy(), ensuring safe user copy.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26746?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26746?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 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-2024-26746 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-2024-26746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26746/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26746

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