Bug 2376391 (CVE-2025-38216)

Summary: CVE-2025-38216 kernel: iommu/vt-d: Restore context entry setup order for aliased devices
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-04 14:03:22 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/vt-d: Restore context entry setup order for aliased devices

Commit 2031c469f816 ("iommu/vt-d: Add support for static identity domain")
changed the context entry setup during domain attachment from a
set-and-check policy to a clear-and-reset approach. This inadvertently
introduced a regression affecting PCI aliased devices behind PCIe-to-PCI
bridges.

Specifically, keyboard and touchpad stopped working on several Apple
Macbooks with below messages:

 kernel: platform pxa2xx-spi.3: Adding to iommu group 20
 kernel: input: Apple SPI Keyboard as
 /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/pxa2xx-spi.3/spi_master/spi2/spi-APP000D:00/input/input0
 kernel: DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3
 kernel: DMAR: [DMA Read NO_PASID] Request device [00:1e.3] fault addr
 0xffffa000 [fault reason 0x06] PTE Read access is not set
 kernel: DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3
 kernel: DMAR: [DMA Read NO_PASID] Request device [00:1e.3] fault addr
 0xffffa000 [fault reason 0x06] PTE Read access is not set
 kernel: applespi spi-APP000D:00: Error writing to device: 01 0e 00 00
 kernel: DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3
 kernel: DMAR: [DMA Read NO_PASID] Request device [00:1e.3] fault addr
 0xffffa000 [fault reason 0x06] PTE Read access is not set
 kernel: DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3
 kernel: applespi spi-APP000D:00: Error writing to device: 01 0e 00 00

Fix this by restoring the previous context setup order.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-07-07 05:08:38 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070423-CVE-2025-38216-7786@gregkh/T