# CVE-2026-64289: iommufd: Set upper bounds on cache invalidation entry\_num and entry\_len

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommufd: Set upper bounds on cache invalidation entry_num and entry_len iommufd_hwpt_invalidate() takes a user-controlled entry_num and entry_len, each bounded only by U32_MAX. An entry_len beyond the kernel's struct size makes the copy helper verify the extra bytes are zero, scanning that excess in one uninterruptible pass; a multi-gigabyte value over zeroed user memory trips the soft-lockup watchdog. A large entry_num is the other half, driving the backend invalidation loop with no reschedule. The VT-d nested handler, for one, copies each entry and flushes caches per iteration, pinning the CPU on a non-preemptible kernel. Cap both in the ioctl. entry_len is held under PAGE_SIZE, above any request struct, and entry_num under 1 << 19, the order of a hardware invalidation queue and well beyond any real batch, bounding the per-call loop length.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2bd041e0efaf7d81789779b135279d18b33d6d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ca4aed2a66205b072fcfecabe220289a8149ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c6381d90898089287e0a358f06f89f6b4b389f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d70986002f2f3eaaed89124fb2522bded38b016

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