CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-64289
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-25
- Last modified
- 2026-08-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommufd: Set upper bounds on cache invalidation entry_num and entry_len
iommufd_hwpt_invalidate() takes a user-controlled entry_num and entry_len,
each bounded only by U32_MAX. An entry_len beyond the kernel's struct size
makes the copy helper verify the extra bytes are zero, scanning that excess
in one uninterruptible pass; a multi-gigabyte value over zeroed user memory
trips the soft-lockup watchdog.
A large entry_num is the other half, driving the backend invalidation loop
with no reschedule. The VT-d nested handler, for one, copies each entry and
flushes caches per iteration, pinning the CPU on a non-preemptible kernel.
Cap both in the ioctl. entry_len is held under PAGE_SIZE, above any request
struct, and entry_num under 1 << 19, the order of a hardware invalidation
queue and well beyond any real batch, bounding the per-call loop length.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.8 < 6.12.96)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.39)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.1.4)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c6381d90898089287e0a358f06f89f6b4b389f2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ca4aed2a66205b072fcfecabe220289a8149ff Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d70986002f2f3eaaed89124fb2522bded38b016 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2bd041e0efaf7d81789779b135279d18b33d6d5 Patch