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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2022-48904

Disclosure Date: August 22, 2024
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/amd: Fix I/O page table memory leak

The current logic updates the I/O page table mode for the domain
before calling the logic to free memory used for the page table.
This results in IOMMU page table memory leak, and can be observed
when launching VM w/ pass-through devices.

Fix by freeing the memory used for page table before updating the mode.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 5.17

Additional Info

Technical Analysis