Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Fix unpinning of...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommufd: Fix unpinning of pages when an access is present
syzkaller found that the calculation of batch_last_index should use
'start_index' since at input to this function the batch is either empty or
it has already been adjusted to cross any accesses so it will start at the
point we are unmapping from.
Getting this wrong causes the unmap to run over the end of the pages
which corrupts pages that were never mapped. In most cases this triggers
the num pinned debugging:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 557 at drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c:294 __iopt_area_unfill_domain+0x152/0x560
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 557 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2-eeac8ede1755 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__iopt_area_unfill_domain+0x152/0x560
Code: d2 0f ff 44 8b 64 24 54 48 8b 44 24 48 31 ff 44 89 e6 48 89 44 24 38 e8 fc d3 0f ff 45 85 e4 0f 85 eb 01 00 00 e8 0e d2 0f ff <0f> 0b e8 07 d2 0f ff 48 8b 44 24 38 89 5c 24 58 89 18 8b 44 24 54
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000108baf0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000ffffffff RCX: ffffffff821e3f85
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88800faf0000 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc9000108bd18 R08: 000000000003ca25 R09: 0000000000000014
R10: 000000000003ca00 R11: 0000000000000024 R12: 0000000000000004
R13: 0000000000000801 R14: 00000000000007ff R15: 0000000000000800
FS: 00007f3499ce1740(0000) GS:ffff88807dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020000243 CR3: 00000000179c2001 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
iopt_area_unfill_domain+0x32/0x40
iopt_table_remove_domain+0x23f/0x4c0
iommufd_device_selftest_detach+0x3a/0x90
iommufd_selftest_destroy+0x55/0x70
iommufd_object_destroy_user+0xce/0x130
iommufd_destroy+0xa2/0xc0
iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x206/0x330
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x10e/0x160
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
Also add some useful WARN_ON sanity checks.
Impact
CVE-2023-53630 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
Affected versions
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2023-53630? CVE-2023-53630 is a medium-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
- How severe is CVE-2023-53630? CVE-2023-53630 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2023-53630? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2023-53630 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2023-53630 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2023-53630 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2023-53630 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.