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CVE-2022-48904

kernel: iommu/amd: Fix I/O page table memory leak

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 22, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

iommu/amd: Fix I/O page table memory leak

The current logic updates the I/O page table mode for the domain before calling the logic to free memory used for the page table. This results in IOMMU page table memory leak, and can be observed when launching VM w/ pass-through devices.

Fix by freeing the memory used for page table before updating the mode.

Statement

This issue is fixed in RHEL-8.6 and above (including RHEL 8.10)

in (rhel-8.6, rhel-8.7, rhel-8.8, rhel-8.9, rhel-8.10) iommu/amd: Fix I/O page table memory leak

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime