Linux Kernel up to 6.2.10 iommufd pages.c buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.2.10. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c of the component iommufd. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-54239. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.2.10 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c of the component iommufd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-54239 since 12/30/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/27/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 281478 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54239), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.2.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 800963e7eb001ada8cf2418f159fb649694467f1/e4395701330fc4aee530905039516fe770b81417 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (281478) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2941). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• IBM Power Hardware Management Console
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• IBM DataPower Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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