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CVE-2023-53501

iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind

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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind When unbinding pasid - a race condition exists vs outstanding page faults. To prevent this, the pasid_state object contains a refcount. • set to 1 on pasid bind • incremented on each ppr notification start • decremented on each ppr notification done • decremented on pasid unbind Since refcount_dec assumes that refcount will never reach 0: the current implementation causes the following to be invoked on pasid unbind: REFCOUNT_WARN("decrement hit 0; leaking memory") Fix this issue by changing refcount_dec to refcount_dec_and_test to explicitly handle refcount=1.

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    5.15

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