# CVE-2024-35989: dmaengine: idxd: Fix oops during rmmod on single-CPU platforms

> A null pointer dereference in the idxd driver causes a kernel oops during module removal on single-CPU systems, 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:** 20 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-35989, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35989, GHSA-95c2-w7x8-c93w, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35989

## What is CVE-2024-35989?

CVE-2024-35989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 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:

dmaengine: idxd: Fix oops during rmmod on single-CPU platforms

During the removal of the idxd driver, registered offline callback is
invoked as part of the clean up process. However, on systems with only
one CPU online, no valid target is available to migrate the
perf context, resulting in a kernel oops:

    BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000000002a2b8
    #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
    #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
    PGD 1470e1067 P4D 0
    Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
    CPU: 0 PID: 20 Comm: cpuhp/0 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc6-dsa+ #57
    Hardware name: Intel Corporation AvenueCity/AvenueCity, BIOS BHSDCRB1.86B.2492.D03.2307181620 07/18/2023
    RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x2e/0x50
    ...
    Call Trace:
    <TASK>
    __die+0x24/0x70
    page_fault_oops+0x82/0x160
    do_user_addr_fault+0x65/0x6b0
    __pfx___rdmsr_safe_on_cpu+0x10/0x10
    exc_page_fault+0x7d/0x170
    asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
    mutex_lock+0x2e/0x50
    mutex_lock+0x1e/0x50
    perf_pmu_migrate_context+0x87/0x1f0
    perf_event_cpu_offline+0x76/0x90 [idxd]
    cpuhp_invoke_callback+0xa2/0x4f0
    __pfx_perf_event_cpu_offline+0x10/0x10 [idxd]
    cpuhp_thread_fun+0x98/0x150
    smpboot_thread_fn+0x27/0x260
    smpboot_thread_fn+0x1af/0x260
    __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
    kthread+0x103/0x140
    __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
    ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
    __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
    ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
    <TASK>

Fix the issue by preventing the migration of the perf context to an
invalid target.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35989?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35989?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-35989 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35989 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35989 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 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-2024-35989 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-2024-35989/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35989/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35989
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35989
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35989

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