CVE-2026-64291 (GCVE-0-2026-64291)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-25 08:49 – Updated: 2026-08-17 04:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
iommufd: Set veventq_depth upper bound
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommufd: Set veventq_depth upper bound
iommufd_veventq_alloc() accepts any !0 veventq_depth from userspace, with
an upper bound at U32_MAX.
This leaves a vulnerability where userspace can allocate excessively large
queues to exhaust kernel memory reserves.
Cap the veventq_depth (maximum number of entries) to 1 << 19, matching the
maximum number of entries in the SMMUv3 EVTQ (the largest use case today).
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
e36ba5ab808ef6237c3148d469c8238674230e2b , < f565297edf316016be4a1a9e2eb9f39359313f43
(git)
Affected: e36ba5ab808ef6237c3148d469c8238674230e2b , < e7b5e55652746b1221b9c10ff80eae8a154101ba (git) Affected: e36ba5ab808ef6237c3148d469c8238674230e2b , < 6ebf2eb46fbd5b40393ff8fbb847ba96925beaff (git) |
|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
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