# CVE-2024-56624: iommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc()

> A double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iommufd subsystem can cause memory corruption and system crashes due to imbalanced reference counts.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-56624, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56624, GHSA-p7fx-58mj-q5fx, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56624

## What is CVE-2024-56624?

CVE-2024-56624 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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:

iommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc()

As fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are
getting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one
more time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts:
  refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.
  WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230
  Call trace:
   refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P)
   refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L)
   iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd]
  ...
  VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd])
  WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0
  Call trace:
   filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P)
   filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L)
   __arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98
  ...
  imbalanced put on file reference count
  WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138
  Call trace:
   __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P)
   __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L)
   __fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0

Drop those two lines to fix the warnings above.

Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56624?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56624?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56624 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-2024-56624 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56624 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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-2024-56624 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-2024-56624/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56624/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56624
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56624
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56624

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56624/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.