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Linux Linux — iommu/iova: Fix alloc iova overflows issue
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0024 16.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 4e89dce725213d3d0b0475211b500eda4ef4bf2f – —
Linux 5.11 – 5.15.89
TIMELINE
Aug 21 Reserved by Linux
Aug 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-52910 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/iova: Fix alloc iova overflows issue
In __alloc_and_insert_iova_range, there is an issue that retry_pfn
overflows. The value of iovad->anchor.pfn_hi is ~0UL, then when
iovad->cached_node is iovad->anchor, curr_iova->pfn_hi + 1 will
overflow. As a result, if the retry logic is executed, low_pfn is
updated to 0, and then new_pfn < low_pfn returns false to make the
allocation successful.
This issue occurs in the following two situations:
1. The first iova size exceeds the domain size. When initializing
iova domain, iovad->cached_node is assigned as iovad->anchor. For
example, the iova domain size is 10M, start_pfn is 0x1_F000_0000,
and the iova size allocated for the first time is 11M. The
following is the log information, new->pfn_lo is smaller than
iovad->cached_node.
Example log as follows:
[ 223.798112][T1705487] sh: [name:iova&]__alloc_and_insert_iova_range
start_pfn:0x1f0000,retry_pfn:0x0,size:0xb00,limit_pfn:0x1f0a00
[ 223.799590][T1705487] sh: [name:iova&]__alloc_and_insert_iova_range
success start_pfn:0x1f0000,new->pfn_lo:0x1efe00,new->pfn_hi:0x1f08ff
2. The node with the largest iova->pfn_lo value in the iova domain
is deleted, iovad->cached_node will be updated to iovad->anchor,
and then the alloc iova size exceeds the maximum iova size that can
be allocated in the domain.
After judging that retry_pfn is less than limit_pfn, call retry_pfn+1
to fix the overflow issue.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-52910 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4e89dce725213d3d0b0475211b500eda4ef4bf2f | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.11 | 5.15.89 |
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