5.5

CVE-2026-64292

iommufd: Move vevent memory allocation outside spinlock

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

iommufd: Move vevent memory allocation outside spinlock

The veventq memory allocation happens inside the spinlock. Given its depth
is decided by the user space, this leaves a vulnerability, where userspace
can allocate large queues to exhaust atomic memory reserves.

Move the allocation outside the spinlock and use GFP_NOWAIT, which can fail
fast under memory pressure without dipping into the GFP_ATOMIC reserves or
direct-reclaiming from the threaded IRQ handler. On allocation failure,
queue the lost_events_header (so userspace learns of the drop) and return
-ENOMEM so the caller learns of the kernel-side memory pressure.

This is intentionally distinct from the queue-overflow path, which also
queues the lost_events_header but returns 0: a full queue is an expected
userspace-pacing condition rather than a kernel error.

A subsequent change will cap the upper bound of the veventq_depth.
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.15 < 6.18.40
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.1.4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.15% 0.05
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779480ea79551c31964e74b9aef0e730faa3aa11
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c5fc40200cd0a87d66a368eee00df4d1cca946e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47443565d10c51366c9382dbc8597cd6c460b8a2
Patch