UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-90241
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure intel_pasid_setup_sm_context(
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure
intel_pasid_setup_sm_context() walks a PCI device’s DMA aliases via
pci_for_each_dma_alias() and programs a scalable-mode context entry for
each RID. For a device with a dma_alias_mask, the callback is invoked
once for the device’s own RID and once for each alias bit, all with the
same pci_dev, so device_pasid_table_setup() runs for multiple RIDs.
pci_for_each_dma_alias() stops at the first callback error. Therefore, a
failure partway through the walk can leave context entries for already
processed RIDs present and still pointing to the device’s PASID table.
On this error path, intel_iommu_probe_device() currently jumps directly
to intel_pasid_free_table(), which frees the PASID table without
first tearing down those context entries. The IOMMU may then walk a
present context entry whose PASID table pointer references freed
memory.
intel_iommu_release_device() already performs teardown before freeing the
table. Apply the same ordering on the probe failure path.
device_pasid_table_teardown() safely handles RIDs that were never
programmed: iommu_context_addr() returns NULL when no context table has
been allocated, and clearing the Present bit of an already non-present
entry is a no-op. So unwind is safe for both the alias that failed and
any aliases not yet reached.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ac85a9747cd63e1d166ace7b360a2cd9479d9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c509fb73a1093a15accd7d43a61645d4b520f6ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0e978ced7429b516358bb4d41d337214768ae98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5daf25f754cdc20c18525adb88240ece6fdee9
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-17 via NVD.
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