CVE-2026-74573
CriticalCVSS 9.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the iommu/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd subsystem has a vulnerability where arm_vsmmu_vsid_to_sid() maps a guest's vSID to a single physical Stream ID, assuming a device has exactly one stream. Devices with multiple streams get only the first one mapped, so vSID invalidations cannot reach the others' ATC and IOTLB entries; devices with none cause an out-of-bounds read. The fix adds an arm_vsmmu_vdevice_init() op to reject the vDEVICE with -EOPNOTSUPP when master->num_streams is not one.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes potential information leak or system crash due to out-of-bounds read, as well as ineffective TLB invalidation, which could lead to unauthorized memory access. However, it requires privileges to configure vDEVICE devices in a virtualized environment.
Recommendation
Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for this issue. Also, ensure that vDEVICE configuration in virtualized environments complies with driver requirements.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd: Require exactly one Stream ID for a vDEVICE arm_vsmmu_vsid_to_sid() maps a guest's vSID to a single physical Stream ID taken from master->streams[0], assuming a device has exactly one stream. A device with several streams gets only its first one mapped, so a guest vSID invalidation cannot reach the others' ATC and IOTLB entries; a device with none makes master->streams a ZERO_SIZE_PTR, read out of bounds. Add an arm_vsmmu_vdevice_init() op to reject the vDEVICE with -EOPNOTSUPP when master->num_streams is not one, rather than mapping it silently.
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