CVE-2025-38216 — iommu/vt-d: Restore context entry setup order for aliased devices

Affected: Linux

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.

USN-7649-1 — linux, linux-gcp, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:25.04: linux, Ubuntu:25.04: linux-gcp, Ubuntu:25.04: linux-raspi, Ubuntu:25.04: linux-realtime

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - PA-RISC architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Compute Acceleration Framework; - Ublk userspace block driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - ARM SCMI message protocol; - GPU drivers; - IOMMU subsystem; - IRQ chip drivers; - Multiple devices driver; - Network drivers; - PCI subsystem; - PTP clock framework; - SPI subsystem; - BTRFS file system; - SMB network file system; - eXpress Data Path; - Universal MIDI packet (UMP) support module; - Tracing infrastructure; - Memory management; - IPv4 networking; - IPv6 networking; - Network traffic control; - AMD SoC Alsa drivers; - SoC Audio generic drivers; (CVE-2025-37898, CVE-2025-37990, CVE-2025-37974, CVE-2025-37991, CVE-2025-37894, CVE-2025-37906, CVE-2025-37896, CVE-2025-37909, CVE-2025-37923, CVE-2025-37899, CVE-2025-37901, CVE-2025-37914, CVE-2025-38216, CVE-2025-37931, CVE-2025-37928, CVE-2025-37916, CVE-2025-37908, CVE-2025-37915, CVE-2025-37917, CVE-2025-37921, CVE-2025-37903, CVE-2025-37922, CVE-2025-37895, CVE-2025-37936, CVE-2025-37933, CVE-2025-37891, CVE-2025-37926, CVE-2025-37912, CVE-2025-37920, CVE-2025-37924, CVE-2025-37927, CVE-2025-37946, CVE-2025-37907, CVE-2025-37930, CVE-2025-37911, CVE-2025-37905, CVE-2025-37900, CVE-202…

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CVE-2025-38216 — iommu/vt-d: Restore context entry setup order for aliased devices

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