CVE-2023-52455

iommu: Don't reserve 0-length IOVA region

Published Feb 23, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu: Don't reserve 0-length IOVA region

When the bootloader/firmware doesn't setup the framebuffers, their
address and size are 0 in "iommu-addresses" property. If IOVA region is
reserved with 0 length, then it ends up corrupting the IOVA rbtree with
an entry which has pfn_hi < pfn_lo.
If we intend to use display driver in kernel without framebuffer then
it's causing the display IOMMU mappings to fail as entire valid IOVA
space is reserved when address and length are passed as 0.
An ideal solution would be firmware removing the "iommu-addresses"
property and corresponding "memory-region" if display is not present.
But the kernel should be able to handle this by checking for size of
IOVA region and skipping the IOVA reservation if size is 0. Also, add
a warning if firmware is requesting 0-length IOVA region reservation.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-2 Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-3 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-3 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-4 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 7:27 PM
Reserved
Feb 20, 2024, 12:30 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 23, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 23, 2024, 12:00 AM