Bug 2536670 (CVE-2026-90241)

Summary: CVE-2026-90241 kernel: iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's iommu/vt-d subsystem. During the setup of scalable-mode context entries for PCI devices, an error can occur that leaves behind invalid context entries. These entries may point to memory that has already been freed. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause the IOMMU (Input/Output Memory Management Unit) to access freed memory, leading to system instability and a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 19:04:10 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure

intel_pasid_setup_sm_context() walks a PCI device’s DMA aliases via
pci_for_each_dma_alias() and programs a scalable-mode context entry for
each RID. For a device with a dma_alias_mask, the callback is invoked
once for the device’s own RID and once for each alias bit, all with the
same pci_dev, so device_pasid_table_setup() runs for multiple RIDs.

pci_for_each_dma_alias() stops at the first callback error. Therefore, a
failure partway through the walk can leave context entries for already
processed RIDs present and still pointing to the device’s PASID table.

On this error path, intel_iommu_probe_device() currently jumps directly
to intel_pasid_free_table(), which frees the PASID table without
first tearing down those context entries. The IOMMU may then walk a
present context entry whose PASID table pointer references freed
memory.

intel_iommu_release_device() already performs teardown before freeing the
table. Apply the same ordering on the probe failure path.

device_pasid_table_teardown() safely handles RIDs that were never
programmed: iommu_context_addr() returns NULL when no context table has
been allocated, and clearing the Present bit of an already non-present
entry is a no-op. So unwind is safe for both the alias that failed and
any aliases not yet reached.