CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64290

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel iommufd subsystem, a vulnerability was found with an infinite loop in iommufd_fault_fops_read(). On a copy_to_user() failure, the inner loop breaks but the outer while retries, causing 100% CPU usage and holding the mutex.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can trigger an infinite loop, leading to 100% CPU usage and a held mutex, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Apply the patch that breaks the outer while loop on copy_to_user() failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Break the loop on failure in iommufd_fault_fops_read() On a copy_to_user() failure inside the inner list_for_each_entry, only the inner loop breaks; the outer while re-fetches the just-restored fault group and retries the failing copy_to_user() forever, spinning the reader at 100% CPU with fault->mutex held. Check rc after the inner loop and break the outer while as well.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS