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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52559

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Avoid memory allocation in iommu_suspend() The iommu_suspend() syscore suspend callback is invoked with IRQ disabled. Allocating memory with the GFP_KERNEL flag may re-enable IRQs during the suspend callback, which can cause intermittent suspend/hibernation problems with the following kernel traces: Calling iommu_suspend+0x0/0x1d0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 15 at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:868 ktime_get+0x9b/0xb0 ... CPU: 0 PID: 15 Comm: rcu_preempt Tainted: G U E 6.3-intel #r1 RIP: 0010:ktime_get+0x9b/0xb0 ... Call Trace: tick_sched_timer+0x22/0x90 ? __pfx_tick_sched_timer+0x10/0x10 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x111/0x2b0 hrtimer_interrupt+0xfa/0x230 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x63/0x140 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x7b/0xa0 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x30 ... ------------[ cut here ]------------ Interrupts enabled after iommu_suspend+0x0/0x1d0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 27420 at drivers/base/syscore.c:68 syscore_suspend+0x147/0x270 CPU: 0 PID: 27420 Comm: rtcwake Tainted: G U W E 6.3-intel #r1 RIP: 0010:syscore_suspend+0x147/0x270 ... Call Trace: hibernation_snapshot+0x25b/0x670 hibernate+0xcd/0x390 state_store+0xcf/0xe0 kobj_attr_store+0x13/0x30 sysfs_kf_write+0x3f/0x50 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x128/0x200 vfs_write+0x1fd/0x3c0 ksys_write+0x6f/0xf0 __x64_sys_write+0x1d/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc Given that only 4 words memory

Products
linux
Affected versions
6.1.27-1, 6.1.37-1, 6.1.38-1, 6.1.38-2, 6.1.38-2~bpo11+1, 6.1.38-3, 6.1.38-4, 6.1.38-4~bpo11+1, 6.1.52-1, 6.1.55-1, 6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
Fixed versions
6.1.64-1, 6.5.8-1
CVEs
CVE-2023-52559
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 16:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52559

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Mar 2024, 22:15 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Avoid memory allocation in iommu_suspend() The iommu_suspend() syscore suspend callback is invoked with IRQ disabled. Allocating memory with the GFP_KERNEL flag may re-enable IRQs during the suspend callback, which can cause intermittent suspend/hibernation problems with the following kernel traces: Calling iommu_suspend+0x0/0x1d0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 15 at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:868 ktime_get+0x9b/0xb0 ... CPU: 0 PID: 15 Comm: rcu_preempt Tainted: G U E 6.3-intel #r1 RIP: 0010:ktime_get+0x9b/0xb0 ... Call Trace: tick_sched_timer+0x22/0x90 ? __pfx_tick_sched_timer+0x10/0x10 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x111/0x2b0 hrtimer_interrupt+0xfa/0x230 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x63/0x140 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x7b/0xa0 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x30 ... ------------[ cut here ]------------ Interrupts enabled after iommu_suspend+0x0/0x1d0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 27420 at drivers/base/syscore.c:68 syscore_suspend+0x147/0x270 CPU: 0 PID: 27420 Comm: rtcwake Tainted: G U W E 6.3-intel #r1 RIP: 0010:syscore_suspend+0x147/0x270 ... Call Trace: hibernation_snapshot+0x25b/0x670 hibernate+0xcd/0x390 state_store+0xcf/0xe0 kobj_attr_store+0x13/0x30 sysfs_kf_write+0x3f/0x50 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x128/0x200 vfs_write+0x1fd/0x3c0 ksys_write+0x6f/0xf0 __x64_sys_write+0x1d/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc Given that only 4 words memory

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52559

linux

Fixed versions: 6.1.64-1

linux

Fixed versions: 6.5.8-1

linux

Fixed versions: 6.5.8-1

Complete source record
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