CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-31735

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel related to the unmap function was identified, which can unmap more than requested if the endpoint lands within the middle of a large or contiguous IOPTE. This issue has been resolved with a fix that ensures all unmapped areas are properly flushed.

Risk Assessment

Although there is no evidence that this vulnerability can be exploited in practice, its existence may lead to unforeseen system behaviors, which could impact the stability and security of the environment in the long run.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and to conduct tests to ensure system stability after the update.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommupt: Fix short gather if the unmap goes into a large mapping unmap has the odd behavior that it can unmap more than requested if the ending point lands within the middle of a large or contiguous IOPTE. In this case the gather should flush everything unmapped which can be larger than what was requested to be unmapped. The gather was only flushing the range requested to be unmapped, not extending to the extra range, resulting in a short invalidation if the caller hits this special condition. This was found by the new invalidation/gather test I am adding in preparation for ARMv8. Claude deduced the root cause. As far as I remember nothing relies on unmapping a large entry, so this is likely not a triggerable bug.

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