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CVE-2026-98923

arm64: io: Reject non-user protection in ioremap_prot()

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: io: Reject non-user protection in ioremap_prot() Mapping a stack-top page via /dev/mem with PROT_NONE and then reading that process's /proc/<pid>/cmdline triggers a spurious WARN in ioremap_prot() through generic_access_phys(): WARNING: ./arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h:275 at generic_access_phys Call trace: generic_access_phys+0x1c8/0x228 (P) __access_remote_vm+0x2b4/0x398 access_remote_vm+0x14/0x30 get_mm_cmdline+0xf8/0x2a0 proc_pid_cmdline_read+0x68/0x120 generic_access_phys() passes the protection derived from the user PTE to ioremap_prot(). On arm64, a PROT_NONE mapping is represented by a present-invalid PTE, so pte_present() still returns true and the protection reaches ioremap_prot(). A PROT_NONE mapping does not have PTE_USER, causing the existing WARN_ON_ONCE() in ioremap_prot() to fire even though this is a valid user mapping. Execute-only mappings have the same issue and must not be readable through this path either. ioremap_prot() should therefore reject protection values without PTE_USER without warning. This makes the access fail cleanly for PROT_NONE and execute-only mappings while retaining the existing user-protection contract.

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

  • 64858b76ec67c5fc40fef8ec1841fecb78c1ebde to < fddc90d4af4550af410f52d11bbf6b5f36443838affected
  • eeecafce5afffb4da703666ebefbd4d6e2a5abf6 to < 0b04af3d88bb7fc69b2d92457890608860e42365affected
  • 3d64dcc0799c2d6921ba027716b7be721eb19fa8 to < b17aa4955e3a694c663ebe99626e4c76ca4f7cfbaffected
  • 8f098037139b294050053123ab2bc0f819d08932 to < 9b583795feb51f8d50203228d001760d1344ef01affected
  • 8f098037139b294050053123ab2bc0f819d08932 to < bb756b11ad63832ebee58caf9e8f9381eaecff9faffected
  • d1ad8fe7f72d73e1617bac79f2ec7a3bedf47e2aaffected
  • 6.6.143 to < 6.6.158affected
  • 6.12.93 to < 6.12.112affected
  • 6.18.17 to < 6.18.55affected
  • 6.19.7 to < 6.20affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 7.0affected
  • 0 to < 7.0unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.112 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.55 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.9 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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