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HistoryJan 05, 2024 - 5:15 p.m.

CVE-2023-46835

2024-01-0517:15:11
Google
osv.dev
10
quarantine page table
address width
data leaks
amd-vi iommu
device assignment

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.7%

The current setup of the quarantine page tables assumes that the
quarantine domain (dom_io) has been initialized with an address width
of DEFAULT_DOMAIN_ADDRESS_WIDTH (48) and hence 4 page table levels.

However dom_io being a PV domain gets the AMD-Vi IOMMU page tables
levels based on the maximum (hot pluggable) RAM address, and hence on
systems with no RAM above the 512GB mark only 3 page-table levels are
configured in the IOMMU.

On systems without RAM above the 512GB boundary
amd_iommu_quarantine_init() will setup page tables for the scratch
page with 4 levels, while the IOMMU will be configured to use 3 levels
only, resulting in the last page table directory (PDE) effectively
becoming a page table entry (PTE), and hence a device in quarantine
mode gaining write access to the page destined to be a PDE.

Due to this page table level mismatch, the sink page the device gets
read/write access to is no longer cleared between device assignment,
possibly leading to data leaks.

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.7%