iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-45944
HIGH 7.5

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · centile 2 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
Linux
Statut NVD
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry When tearing down a context entry, the current implementation zeros the entire 128-bit entry using multiple 64-bit writes. This creates a window where the hardware can fetch a "torn" entry — where some fields are already zeroed while the 'Present' bit is still set — leading to unpredictable behavior or spurious faults. While x86 provides strong write ordering, the compiler may reorder writes to the two 64-bit halves of the context entry. Even without compiler reordering, the hardware fetch is not guaranteed to be atomic with respect to multiple CPU writes. Align with the "Guidance to Software for Invalidations" in the VT-d spec (Section 6.5.3.3) by implementing the recommended ownership handshake: 1. Clear only the 'Present' (P) bit of the context entry first to signal the transition of ownership from hardware to software. 2. Use dma_wmb() to ensure the cleared bit is visible to the IOMMU. 3. Perform the required cache and context-cache invalidation to ensure hardware no longer has cached references to the entry. 4. Fully zero out the entry only after the invalidation is complete. Also, add a dma_wmb() to context_set_present() to ensure the entry is fully initialized before the 'Present' bit becomes visible.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-362 — Situation de compétition

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected ba39592764ed20cee09aae5352e603a27bf56b0d < 61fa8546e39331103d6ce01575699c577d83e000 ; affected ba39592764ed20cee09aae5352e603a27bf56b0d < ab4aeab2d630e68be60ccbea3fcf76fa7c281a18 ; affected ba39592764ed20cee09aae5352e603a27bf56b0d < c716a59e9977d751e5eb54bcfa6a80124cb5067b ; affected ba39592764ed20cee09aae5352e603a27bf56b0d < d2138abc8f0a7fce4101b7229b43b06811ed083d ; affected ba39592764ed20cee09aae5352e603a27bf56b0d < a922dbafb4a674d958d702038232d09a30daf770 ; affected ba39592764ed20cee09aae5352e603a27bf56b0d < c1e4f1dccbe9d7656d1c6872ebeadb5992d0aaa2
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.24 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.24 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.97 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.14 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD