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HistoryMay 17, 2024 - 2:40 p.m.

CVE-2024-35843 iommu/vt-d: Use device rbtree in iopf reporting path

2024-05-1714:40:10
Linux
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linux kernel
iommu/vt-d
device rbtree
pci device
i/o page fault
synchronization mechanism
use-after-free
mutex

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.7%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/vt-d: Use device rbtree in iopf reporting path

The existing I/O page fault handler currently locates the PCI device by
calling pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(). This function searches the list
of all PCI devices until the desired device is found. To improve lookup
efficiency, replace it with device_rbtree_find() to search the device
within the probed device rbtree.

The I/O page fault is initiated by the device, which does not have any
synchronization mechanism with the software to ensure that the device
stays in the probed device tree. Theoretically, a device could be released
by the IOMMU subsystem after device_rbtree_find() and before
iopf_get_dev_fault_param(), which would cause a use-after-free problem.

Add a mutex to synchronize the I/O page fault reporting path and the IOMMU
release device path. This lock doesn’t introduce any performance overhead,
as the conflict between I/O page fault reporting and device releasing is
very rare.

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.7%

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