CVE-2022-48904

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/amd: Fix I/O page table memory leak

The current logic updates the I/O page table mode for the domain before calling the logic to free memory used for the page table. This results in IOMMU page table memory leak, and can be observed when launching VM w/ pass-through devices.

Fix by freeing the memory used for page table before updating the mode.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxe42ba0633064ef23eb1c8c21edf96bac1541bd4b < 378e2fe1eb58d5c2ed55c8fe5e11f9db5033cdd6affected
LinuxLinuxe42ba0633064ef23eb1c8c21edf96bac1541bd4b < c78627f757e37c2cf386b59c700c4e1574988597affected
LinuxLinuxe42ba0633064ef23eb1c8c21edf96bac1541bd4b < 6b0b2d9a6a308bcd9300c2d83000a82812c56ceaaffected
LinuxLinux5.12affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.12unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.27 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.16.13 <= 5.16.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.17 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References