CVE-2023-54043

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Adding it\ntwice will corrupt the linked list in some cases.\n\nIt effects HWPT specific attachment, which is something the test suite\ncannot cover until we can create a legitimate struct device with a\nnon-system iommu \"driver\" (ie we need the bus removed from the iommu code)"}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path is entered only through ioctls on the local `/dev/iommu` character device and a VFIO device fd (`vfio_iommufd_physical_attach_ioas()` \u2192 `iommufd_device_attach()`). There is no network or adjacent-network exposure.\nAC:L - There is no race window and no dependence on memory layout the attacker cannot shape \u2014 the duplicate `list_add_tail()` on an already-linked `hwpt_item` executes deterministically on every hw_pagetable-targeted attach, and the follow-on UAF is reached by an ordinary attacker-chosen attach/detach/attach ioctl sequence with standard heap grooming.\nPR:L - An unprivileged local account that has been granted device-passthrough access \u2014 the normal configuration for a QEMU/libvirt VM user on a virtualization host, where `/dev/iommu` (mode 0660) and the VFIO device nodes are group-accessible \u2014 can perform every required ioctl; no CAP_SYS_ADMIN or root in the init namespace is needed.\nUI:N - The entire sequence (bind device, attach to IOAS, attach to the returned hw_pagetable, detach, re-enumerate) is issued by the attacker's own process. No victim action or interaction is required.\nS:C - iommufd is the control plane for IOMMU/DMA isolation, and the corruption lets a device end up attached to a freed or attacker-shaped `iommu_domain` via `iommufd_device_do_attach()` \u2192 `iommu_attach_group(hwpt->domain, ...)`, defeating the DMA translation boundary that protects host memory from the passthrough device and the guest that owns it.\nC:H - After `list_del()` leaves `ioas->hwpt_list.next` dangling at the freed hwpt, every later list walk reads a use-after-free `struct iommufd_hw_pagetable`; since that object is a sprayable `kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT)` allocation, the attacker gains a read primitive over reclaimed kernel memory, and a bogus `hwpt->domain` additionally exposes host memory to device DMA.\nI:H - The corrupted list yields both a write primitive (a later `list_add_tail` stores kernel pointers into the reclaimed allocation) and an indirect call through `hwpt->domain->ops->enforce_cache_coherency()` on freed, attacker-controlled memory, which is a control-flow hijack and full kernel-integrity compromise.\nA:H - The self-referential node makes `list_for_each_entry()` in `iommufd_device_auto_get_domain()` and `iommufd_vfio_cc_iommu()` never terminate while holding `ioas->mutex`, producing an unkillable soft lockup and a permanently wedged mutex, and the use-after-free independently causes oopses and panics."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c"], "versions": [{"version": "e8d57210035b6377d424ba964961892d01127cf6", "lessThan": "c44adefdcf472f946f0632f4e0ddcbf3e00b8516", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e8d57210035b6377d424ba964961892d01127cf6", "lessThan": "b4ff830eca097df51af10a9be29e8cc817327919", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.2", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.2.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.3"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c44adefdcf472f946f0632f4e0ddcbf3e00b8516"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4ff830eca097df51af10a9be29e8cc817327919"}], "title": "iommufd: Do not add the same hwpt to the ioas->hwpt_list twice", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}, "adp": [{"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2023-54043", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "total"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-15T21:38:00.478369Z"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-15T21:41:38.411Z"}}]}}

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