CVE-2026-64290 PUBLISHED

iommufd: Break the loop on failure in iommufd_fault_fops_read()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommufd: Break the loop on failure in iommufd_fault_fops_read()

On a copy_to_user() failure inside the inner list_for_each_entry, only the inner loop breaks; the outer while re-fetches the just-restored fault group and retries the failing copy_to_user() forever, spinning the reader at 100% CPU with fault->mutex held.

Check rc after the inner loop and break the outer while as well.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed to 5539da127d03c1f6c2e2a49fdfbe331a0ccbdea8 (excl.)
  • affected from 07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed to f66c16b175509642ee7082df57c9bf3deaebae1a (excl.)
  • affected from 07838f7fd529c8a6de44b601d4b7057e6c8d36ed to 172fc8b19825a0f5884c38f2289188284e2d45ee (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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