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CVE-2025-71089
published 2026-01-13

CVE-2025-71089: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set Patch series "Fix stale IOTLB entries for kernel…

PriorityP344high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.14%
4.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set Patch series "Fix stale IOTLB entries for kernel address space", v7. This proposes a fix for a security vulnerability related to IOMMU Shared Virtual Addressing (SVA). In an SVA context, an IOMMU can cache kernel page table entries. When a kernel page table page is freed and reallocated for another purpose, the IOMMU might still hold stale, incorrect entries. This can be exploited to cause a use-after-free or write-after-free condition, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data corruption. This solution introduces a deferred freeing mechanism for kernel page table pages, which provides a safe window to notify the IOMMU to invalidate its caches before the page is reused. This patch (of 8): In the IOMMU Shared Virtual Addressing (SVA) context, the IOMMU hardware shares and walks the CPU's page tables. The x86 architecture maps the kernel's virtual address space into the upper portion of every process's page table. Consequently, in an SVA context, the IOMMU hardware can walk and cache kernel page table entries. The Linux kernel currently lacks a notification mechanism for kernel page table changes, specifically when page table pages are freed and reused. The IOMMU driver is only notified of changes to user virtual address mappings. This can cause the IOMMU's internal caches to retain stale entries for kernel VA. Use-After-Free (UAF) and Write-After-Free (WAF) conditions arise when kernel page table pages are freed and later reallocated. The IOMMU could misinterpret the new data as valid page table entries. The IOMMU might then walk into attacker-controlled memory, leading to arbitrary physical memory DMA access or privilege escalation. This is also a Write-After-Free issue, as the IOMMU will potentially continue to write Accessed and Dirty bits to the freed memory while attempting to walk the stale page tables. Currently, SVA contexts are un

Affected

66 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 < b34289505180a83607fcfdce14b5a290d0528476b34289505180a83607fcfdce14b5a290d0528476
linuxlinux>= 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 < 7cad37e358970af1bb49030ff01f06a69fa7d9857cad37e358970af1bb49030ff01f06a69fa7d985
linuxlinux>= 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 < 240cd7f2812cc25496b12063d11c823618f364e9240cd7f2812cc25496b12063d11c823618f364e9
linuxlinux>= 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 < c2c3f1a3fd74ef16cf115f0c558616a13a8471b4c2c3f1a3fd74ef16cf115f0c558616a13a8471b4
linuxlinux>= 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 < c341dee80b5df49a936182341b36395c831c2661c341dee80b5df49a936182341b36395c831c2661
linuxlinux>= 26b25a2b98e45aeb40eedcedc586ad5034cbd984 < 72f98ef9a4be30d2a60136dd6faee376f780d06c72f98ef9a4be30d2a60136dd6faee376f780d06c
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.164-16.1.164-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.5-16.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1636.1.163
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.2 < 5.15.2005.15.200
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.46.18.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1206.6.120
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.646.12.64
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-5.15
ubuntulinux-aws-6.17
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15
ubuntulinux-azure-6.17

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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