CVE-2026-23085

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Memory Address Truncation in GICv3 ITS Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Avoid truncating memory addresses On 32-bit machines with CONFIG_ARM_LPAE, it is possible for lowmem allocations to be backed by addresses physical memory above the 32-bit address limit, as found while experimenting with larger VMSPLIT configurations. This caused the qemu virt model to crash in the GICv3 driver, which allocates the 'itt' object using GFP_KERNEL. Since all memory below the 4GB physical address limit is in ZONE_DMA in this configuration, kmalloc() defaults to higher addresses for ZONE_NORMAL, and the ITS driver stores the physical address in a 32-bit 'unsigned long' variable. Change the itt_addr variable to the correct phys_addr_t type instead, along with all other variables in this driver that hold a physical address. The gicv5 driver correctly uses u64 variables, while all other irqchip drivers don't call virt_to_phys or similar interfaces. It's expected that other device drivers have similar issues, but fixing this one is sufficient for booting a virtio based guest.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 3.19.0 - 5.10.249linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.199linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.162linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.8linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.122linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.68linux
Linux/Linux < 3.19
Linux/Linux 3.19
Linux/Linux 5.10.249 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.199 - 5.15.*
... and 14 more
Published Feb 04, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026