In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/pseries/iommu: Don't unset window if it was never set
On pSeries, when user attempts to use the same vfio container used by
different iommu group, the spapr_tce_set_window() returns -EPERM
and the subsequent cleanup leads to the below crash.
Kernel attempted to read user page (308) - exploit attempt?
BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000308
Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000001ce358
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
NIP: c0000000001ce358 LR: c0000000001ce05c CTR: c00000000005add0
<snip>
NIP [c0000000001ce358] spapr_tce_unset_window+0x3b8/0x510
LR [c0000000001ce05c] spapr_tce_unset_window+0xbc/0x510
Call Trace:
spapr_tce_unset_window+0xbc/0x510 (unreliable)
tce_iommu_attach_group+0x24c/0x340 [vfio_iommu_spapr_tce]
vfio_container_attach_group+0xec/0x240 [vfio]
vfio_group_fops_unl_ioctl+0x548/0xb00 [vfio]
sys_ioctl+0x754/0x1580
system_call_exception+0x13c/0x330
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
<snip>
--- interrupt: 3000
Fix this by having null check for the tbl passed to the
spapr_tce_unset_window().
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries/iommu: Don't unset window if it was never set On pSeries, when user attempts to use the same vfio container used by different iommu group, the spapr_tce_set_window() returns -EPERM and the subsequent cleanup leads to the below crash. Kernel attempted to read user page (308) - exploit attempt? BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000308 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000001ce358 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] NIP: c0000000001ce358 LR: c0000000001ce05c CTR: c00000000005add0 <snip> NIP [c0000000001ce358] spapr_tce_unset_window+0x3b8/0x510 LR [c0000000001ce05c] spapr_tce_unset_window+0xbc/0x510 Call Trace: spapr_tce_unset_window+0xbc/0x510 (unreliable) tce_iommu_attach_group+0x24c/0x340 [vfio_iommu_spapr_tce] vfio_container_attach_group+0xec/0x240 [vfio] vfio_group_fops_unl_ioctl+0x548/0xb00 [vfio] sys_ioctl+0x754/0x1580 system_call_exception+0x13c/0x330 system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec <snip> --- interrupt: 3000 Fix this by having null check for the tbl passed to the spapr_tce_unset_window(). | |
Title | powerpc/pseries/iommu: Don't unset window if it was never set | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-02-27T02:07:24.950Z
Updated: 2025-03-24T15:39:12.397Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.752Z
Link: CVE-2025-21713

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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-02-27T02:15:14.960
Modified: 2025-03-07T12:30:28.963
Link: CVE-2025-21713
