Sceawere
Vulnerability Detail
CVE-2026-89445 Verified Sceawere Triage Sources: NVD / CISA KEV
Vulnerability Metadata
- Severity
- High
- Score / CVSS
- 8.8
- Creation Date
- 1d ago
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Attack Type
- N/A
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Complexity
- LOW
Narrative and Response
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Fix UAF in selftest IOPF reporting IOMMUFD selftest TRIGGER_IOPF borrows an attach handle from group->pasid_array without synchronizing against PASID detach, then a concurrent iommu_report_device_fault() can dereference that borrowed handle's domain pointer after the detach erases the handle and frees the backing struct iommufd_attach_handle. TRIGGER_IOPF then dereferences the freed handle, causing a UAF. Fix by adding a iopf_rwsem in mock_dev to follow the expected design of a real driver. Hold its read side across the whole iommu_report_device_fault() call, and its write side around every path that attaches, detaches, or replaces a device domain. This can block new reports and drains in-flight reports before an old attach handle or the IOPF fault parameter can be removed. Also take the write side while registering a mock device, since it can invoke the mock driver's default-domain attach callback.
Executive Summary
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Technical Details
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Mitigations
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References
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Additional Metadata
{
"score": "8.8",
"pubDate": "2026-09-11T20:19:24.990Z",
"pubdate": "2026-09-11T20:19:24.990Z"
}