CVE-2021-47035
HIGHLinux Kernel - Inconsistent Permission Handling in VT-d IOMMU Second-Level Paging
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Remove WO permissions on second-level paging entries When the first level page table is used for IOVA translation, it only supports Read-Only and Read-Write permissions. The Write-Only permission is not supported as the PRESENT bit (implying Read permission) should always set. When using second level, we still give separate permissions that allows WriteOnly which seems inconsistent and awkward. We want to have consistent behavior. After moving to 1st level, we don't want things to work sometimes, and break if we use 2nd level for the same mappings. Hence remove this configuration.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
17.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux
< 5.6
Linux/Linux
5.10.38 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.11.21 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux
5.12.4 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux
5.13
Linux/Linux
5.6
Linux/Linux
b802d070a52a1565b47daaa808872cfbd4a17b01 - 25faff78138933244c678c7fc78f7c0340fa04a0
Linux/Linux
b802d070a52a1565b47daaa808872cfbd4a17b01 - 66c24699f266ff310381a9552d3576eea8ad6e20
Linux/Linux
b802d070a52a1565b47daaa808872cfbd4a17b01 - 89bd620798704a8805fc9db0d71d7f812cf5b3d2
Linux/Linux
b802d070a52a1565b47daaa808872cfbd4a17b01 - eea53c5816889ee8b64544fa2e9311a81184ff9c
... and 1 more
Published
Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026