CVE-2026-74439

Critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down scalable-mode context entry device_pasid_table_teardown() zeroes the 128-bit scalable-mode context entry with context_clear_entry() while the Present bit is still set. This creates a window where the hardware can fetch a torn entry, with some fields already zeroed while Present is still set, leading to unpredictable behavior or spurious faults. The context-cache invalidation is issued only after the entry has been zeroed, and intel_pasid_free_table() then frees the PASID directory pages, so the IOMMU can keep walking a stale Present=1 entry that points at freed memory. While x86 provides strong write ordering, the compiler may reorder the two 64-bit writes to the entry, and the hardware fetch is not guaranteed to be atomic with respect to multiple CPU writes. Commit c1e4f1dccbe9d ("iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry") fixed this exact pattern in domain_context_clear_one() and the copied-context path, but device_pasid_table_teardown() was not converted. Align it with the "Guidance to Software for Invalidations" in the VT-d spec, Section 6.5.3.3, using the same ownership handshake as the sibling fix: clear only the Present bit, flush it to the IOMMU, perform the context-cache invalidation, and only then zero the rest of the entry.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 15, 2026
First seenAug 15, 2026

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  • Linux Linuxe9e83bcfe37dc719182500dd823c03ab57d934f0, 588718101e8449605f1c7e858fecb7cfa701cdab, 7fd4077dc92b91b1b844333c0a06bb9e286db10a, f46452c3df7a8d8a5addc0926e76ef19ea7da0a0, 6.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux81e921fd321614c2ad8ac333b041aae1da7a1c6d ≤ v < e9e83bcfe37dc719182500dd823c03ab57d934f0, 81e921fd321614c2ad8ac333b041aae1da7a1c6d ≤ v < 588718101e8449605f1c7e858fecb7cfa701cdab, 81e921fd321614c2ad8ac333b041aae1da7a1c6d ≤ v < 7fd4077dc92b91b1b844333c0a06bb9e286db10a, 81e921fd321614c2ad8ac333b041aae1da7a1c6d ≤ v < f46452c3df7a8d8a5addc0926e76ef19ea7da0a0, 333fe86968482ca701c609af590003bcea450e8f, 6.8.2 ≤ v < 6.9, 6.9e9e83bcfe37dc719182500dd823c03ab57d934f0, 588718101e8449605f1c7e858fecb7cfa701cdab, 7fd4077dc92b91b1b844333c0a06bb9e286db10a, f46452c3df7a8d8a5addc0926e76ef19ea7da0a0, 6.9

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