In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommufd: Check for uptr overflow

syzkaller found that setting up a map with a user VA that wraps past zero
can trigger WARN_ONs, particularly from pin_user_pages weirdly returning 0
due to invalid arguments.

Prevent creating a pages with a uptr and size that would math overflow.

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 518 at drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c:793 pfn_reader_user_pin+0x2e6/0x390
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 518 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2-eeac8ede1755+ #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:pfn_reader_user_pin+0x2e6/0x390
Code: b1 11 e9 25 fe ff ff e8 28 e4 0f ff 31 ff 48 89 de e8 2e e6 0f ff 48 85 db 74 0a e8 14 e4 0f ff e9 4d ff ff ff e8 0a e4 0f ff <0f> 0b bb f2 ff ff ff e9 3c ff ff ff e8 f9 e3 0f ff ba 01 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000f9fa30 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff821e2b72
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888014184680 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc90000f9fa78 R08: 00000000000000ff R09: 0000000079de6f4e
R10: ffffc90000f9f790 R11: ffff888014185418 R12: ffffc90000f9fc60
R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffff888007879800 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f4227555740(0000) GS:ffff88807dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020000043 CR3: 000000000e748005 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
pfn_reader_next+0x14a/0x7b0
? interval_tree_double_span_iter_update+0x11a/0x140
pfn_reader_first+0x140/0x1b0
iopt_pages_rw_slow+0x71/0x280
? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x20/0x30
iopt_pages_rw_access+0x2b2/0x5b0
iommufd_access_rw+0x19f/0x2f0
iommufd_test+0xd11/0x16f0
? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x206/0x330
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x10e/0x160
? __pfx_iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x10/0x10
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

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Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Check for uptr overflow syzkaller found that setting up a map with a user VA that wraps past zero can trigger WARN_ONs, particularly from pin_user_pages weirdly returning 0 due to invalid arguments. Prevent creating a pages with a uptr and size that would math overflow. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 518 at drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c:793 pfn_reader_user_pin+0x2e6/0x390 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 518 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2-eeac8ede1755+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:pfn_reader_user_pin+0x2e6/0x390 Code: b1 11 e9 25 fe ff ff e8 28 e4 0f ff 31 ff 48 89 de e8 2e e6 0f ff 48 85 db 74 0a e8 14 e4 0f ff e9 4d ff ff ff e8 0a e4 0f ff <0f> 0b bb f2 ff ff ff e9 3c ff ff ff e8 f9 e3 0f ff ba 01 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000f9fa30 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff821e2b72 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888014184680 RDI: 0000000000000002 RBP: ffffc90000f9fa78 R08: 00000000000000ff R09: 0000000079de6f4e R10: ffffc90000f9f790 R11: ffff888014185418 R12: ffffc90000f9fc60 R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffff888007879800 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f4227555740(0000) GS:ffff88807dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020000043 CR3: 000000000e748005 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> pfn_reader_next+0x14a/0x7b0 ? interval_tree_double_span_iter_update+0x11a/0x140 pfn_reader_first+0x140/0x1b0 iopt_pages_rw_slow+0x71/0x280 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x20/0x30 iopt_pages_rw_access+0x2b2/0x5b0 iommufd_access_rw+0x19f/0x2f0 iommufd_test+0xd11/0x16f0 ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x206/0x330 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x10e/0x160 ? __pfx_iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x10/0x10 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
Title iommufd: Check for uptr overflow
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:11:28.378Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:44.509Z

Link: CVE-2023-54239

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:12.417

Modified: 2025-12-31T20:42:43.210

Link: CVE-2023-54239

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54239 - Bugzilla

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