# CVE-2024-39277: dma-mapping: benchmark: handle NUMA_NO_NODE correctly

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash via an out-of-bounds array access in the DMA mapping benchmark when handling NUMA_NO_NODE.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 21 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-42838, AZL-42844, BELL-CVE-2024-39277, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39277, GHSA-vjh2-m3m9-vp7g, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39277

## What is CVE-2024-39277?

CVE-2024-39277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Jun 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:

dma-mapping: benchmark: handle NUMA_NO_NODE correctly

cpumask_of_node() can be called for NUMA_NO_NODE inside do_map_benchmark()
resulting in the following sanitizer report:

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ./arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h:72:28
index -1 is out of range for type 'cpumask [64][1]'
CPU: 1 PID: 990 Comm: dma_map_benchma Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6 #29
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:117)
ubsan_epilogue (lib/ubsan.c:232)
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds (lib/ubsan.c:429)
cpumask_of_node (arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h:72) [inline]
do_map_benchmark (kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c:104)
map_benchmark_ioctl (kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c:246)
full_proxy_unlocked_ioctl (fs/debugfs/file.c:333)
__x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

Use cpumask_of_node() in place when binding a kernel thread to a cpuset
of a particular node.

Note that the provided node id is checked inside map_benchmark_ioctl().
It's just a NUMA_NO_NODE case which is not handled properly later.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39277?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39277?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-39277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2024-39277 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Jun 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-2024-39277 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-2024-39277/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39277/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39277
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39277
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39277

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