{"cve":"CVE-2024-56624","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T15:15:21.933","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:01.677","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niommufd: Fix out_fput in iommufd_fault_alloc()\n\nAs fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are\ngetting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one\nmore time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts:\n  refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\n  WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230\n  Call trace:\n   refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P)\n   refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L)\n   iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd]\n  ...\n  VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd])\n  WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0\n  Call trace:\n   filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P)\n   filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L)\n   __arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98\n  ...\n  imbalanced put on file reference count\n  WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138\n  Call trace:\n   __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P)\n   __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L)\n   __fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0\n\nDrop those two lines to fix the warnings above.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b3f30c8edbf9a122ce01f13f0f41fbca5f1d41d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7f4780514f850322b2959032ecaa96e4b26472"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56624","score":0.00188,"percentile":0.08293,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}