# CVE-2024-27079: iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release

> A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel IOMMU driver causes a crash during device release in kdump kernels, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-57758, BELL-CVE-2024-27079, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27079, GHSA-gwcp-9x74-j757, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-27079, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27079

## What is CVE-2024-27079?

CVE-2024-27079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release

In the kdump kernel, the IOMMU operates in deferred_attach mode. In this
mode, info->domain may not yet be assigned by the time the release_device
function is called. It leads to the following crash in the crash kernel:

    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000003c
    ...
    RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_lock+0xa/0xa0
    ...
    _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1b/0x30
    intel_iommu_release_device+0x96/0x170
    iommu_deinit_device+0x39/0xf0
    __iommu_group_remove_device+0xa0/0xd0
    iommu_bus_notifier+0x55/0xb0
    notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0xd0
    blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x41/0x60
    bus_notify+0x34/0x50
    device_del+0x269/0x3d0
    pci_remove_bus_device+0x77/0x100
    p2sb_bar+0xae/0x1d0
    ...
    i801_probe+0x423/0x740

Use the release_domain mechanism to fix it. The scalable mode context
entry which is not part of release domain should be cleared in
release_device().

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27079?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27079?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-27079 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27079 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27079 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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-2024-27079 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-2024-27079/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27079/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27079
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27079
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27079

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27079/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.