Bug 2451210 (CVE-2026-23361) - CVE-2026-23361 kernel: PCI: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its ATU entry
Summary: CVE-2026-23361 kernel: PCI: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its A...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23361
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-03-25 11:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-25 15:50 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:04:50 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PCI: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its ATU entry

Endpoint drivers use dw_pcie_ep_raise_msix_irq() to raise an MSI-X
interrupt to the host using a writel(), which generates a PCI posted write
transaction.  There's no completion for posted writes, so the writel() may
return before the PCI write completes.  dw_pcie_ep_raise_msix_irq() also
unmaps the outbound ATU entry used for the PCI write, so the write races
with the unmap.

If the PCI write loses the race with the ATU unmap, the write may corrupt
host memory or cause IOMMU errors, e.g., these when running fio with a
larger queue depth against nvmet-pci-epf:

  arm-smmu-v3 fc900000.iommu:      0x0000010000000010
  arm-smmu-v3 fc900000.iommu:      0x0000020000000000
  arm-smmu-v3 fc900000.iommu:      0x000000090000f040
  arm-smmu-v3 fc900000.iommu:      0x0000000000000000
  arm-smmu-v3 fc900000.iommu: event: F_TRANSLATION client: 0000:01:00.0 sid: 0x100 ssid: 0x0 iova: 0x90000f040 ipa: 0x0
  arm-smmu-v3 fc900000.iommu: unpriv data write s1 "Input address caused fault" stag: 0x0

Flush the write by performing a readl() of the same address to ensure that
the write has reached the destination before the ATU entry is unmapped.

The same problem was solved for dw_pcie_ep_raise_msi_irq() in commit
8719c64e76bf ("PCI: dwc: ep: Cache MSI outbound iATU mapping"), but there
it was solved by dedicating an outbound iATU only for MSI. We can't do the
same for MSI-X because each vector can have a different msg_addr and the
msg_addr may be changed while the vector is masked.

[bhelgaas: commit log]


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