PT-2026-43761 · Linux · Linux

Published

2026-05-27

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Updated

2026-05-27

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CVE-2026-45894

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down PASID entry
The Intel VT-d Scalable Mode PASID table entry consists of 512 bits (64 bytes). When tearing down an entry, the current implementation zeros the entire 64-byte structure immediately using multiple 64-bit writes.
Since the IOMMU hardware may fetch these 64 bytes using multiple internal transactions (e.g., four 128-bit bursts), updating or zeroing the entire entry while it is active (P=1) risks a "torn" read. If a hardware fetch occurs simultaneously with the CPU zeroing the entry, the hardware could observe an inconsistent state, leading to unpredictable behavior or spurious faults.
Follow 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 PASID entry.
  2. Use a dma wmb() to ensure the cleared bit is visible to hardware before proceeding.
  3. Execute the required invalidation sequence (PASID cache, IOTLB, and Device-TLB flush) to ensure the hardware has released all cached references.
  4. Only after the flushes are complete, zero out the remaining fields of the PASID entry.
Also, add a dma wmb() in pasid set present() to ensure that all other fields of the PASID entry are visible to the hardware before the Present bit is set.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-45894

Affected Products

Linux