In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: io: Extract user memory type in ioremap_prot()
The only caller of ioremap_prot() outside of the generic ioremap() implementation is generic_access_phys(), which passes a 'pgprot_t' value determined from the user mapping of the target 'pfn' being accessed by the kernel. On arm64, the 'pgprot_t' contains all of the non-address bits from the pte, including the permission controls, and so we end up returning a new user mapping from ioremap_prot() which faults when accessed from the kernel on systems with PAN:
| Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address ffff80008ea89000 | ... | Call trace: | __memcpy_fromio+0x80/0xf8 | generic_access_phys+0x20c/0x2b8 | __access_remote_vm+0x46c/0x5b8 | access_remote_vm+0x18/0x30 | environ_read+0x238/0x3e8 | vfs_read+0xe4/0x2b0 | ksys_read+0xcc/0x178 | __arm64_sys_read+0x4c/0x68
Extract only the memory type from the user 'pgprot_t' in ioremap_prot() and assert that we're being passed a user mapping, to protect us against any changes in future that may require additional handling. To avoid falsely flagging users of ioremap(), provide our own ioremap() macro which simply wraps __ioremap_prot().
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpf | May 4, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 22, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
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