CVE-2026-98254

Published: October 9, 2026Last modified: October 9, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: swiotlb: use the adjusted address for the highmem page lookup swiotlb_bounce() reads the page frame number from the slot's recorded orig_addr, then advances orig_addr by tlb_offset to reach the address the caller asked about. The highmem branch mixes the two: the offset within the page comes from the adjusted address, the page from the value before it. Once the adjustment crosses a page boundary the pair no longer describes one location, and the whole copy lands one page below the intended one for a positive tlb_offset, one above for a negative one. DMA_FROM_DEVICE writes the device data over the wrong page and leaves the intended one stale, DMA_TO_DEVICE feeds the device from a page the mapping may not cover. Partial syncs through dma_sync_single_range_for_*() are what make tlb_offset non-zero. The branch test is picked the same way, so a slot recorded in lowmem can be adjusted into highmem and the lowmem path then hands a highmem address to phys_to_virt(). Take both from orig_addr once it is final and keep pfn in the branch that uses it. PhysHighMem() asks the question straight from the address, as dma-debug already does.

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• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0219b72f5c209732b2f03a8cc0d7240b5e428a99
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e53b4d6afbde626255805d438cabb1cac482445
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa4709813b29db89f2307f968db5d24925dcdeb1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7d7914a9ae3097e63d113007e4fb44d33d515b1