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CVE-2026-23067

iommu/io-pgtable-arm: fix size_t signedness bug in unmap path

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/io-pgtable-arm: fix size_t signedness bug in unmap path __arm_lpae_unmap() returns size_t but was returning -ENOENT (negative error code) when encountering an unmapped PTE. Since size_t is unsigned, -ENOENT (typically -2) becomes a huge positive value (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE on 64-bit systems). This corrupted value propagates through the call chain: __arm_lpae_unmap() returns -ENOENT as size_t -> arm_lpae_unmap_pages() returns it -> __iommu_unmap() adds it to iova address -> iommu_pgsize() triggers BUG_ON due to corrupted iova This can cause IOVA address overflow in __iommu_unmap() loop and trigger BUG_ON in iommu_pgsize() from invalid address alignment. Fix by returning 0 instead of -ENOENT. The WARN_ON already signals the error condition, and returning 0 (meaning "nothing unmapped") is the correct semantic for size_t return type. This matches the behavior of other io-pgtable implementations (io-pgtable-arm-v7s, io-pgtable-dart) which return 0 on error conditions.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3318f7b5cefbff96b1bb49584ac38d2c9997a830 to < 41ec6988547819756fb65e94fc24f3e0dddf84acaffected
  • 3318f7b5cefbff96b1bb49584ac38d2c9997a830 to < 374e7af67d9d9d6103c2cfc8eb32abfecf3a2fd8affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.16affected
  • 0 to < 6.16unaffected
  • 6.18.8 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19 to ≤ *unaffected

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