CVE-2023-53501
iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 1, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 1, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind
When unbinding pasid - a race condition exists vs outstanding page faults.
To prevent this, the pasid_state object contains a refcount. * set to 1 on pasid bind * incremented on each ppr notification start * decremented on each ppr notification done * decremented on pasid unbind
Since refcount_dec assumes that refcount will never reach 0: the current implementation causes the following to be invoked on pasid unbind: REFCOUNT_WARN("decrement hit 0; leaking memory")
Fix this issue by changing refcount_dec to refcount_dec_and_test to explicitly handle refcount=1.
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Affected Products
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a50d60b8f2aff46dd7c7edb4a5835cdc4d432c22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13ed255248dfbbb7f23f9170c7a537fb9ca22c73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ccc51be3126b25cfe9351dbffde946c925cc28a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98d86bf32187db27946ca817c2467a5f2f7aa02f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/534103bcd52ca9c1fecbc70e717b4a538dc4ded8
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