Medium [CVE-2026-53372] Block PASID attachment to nested domain with dirty tracking
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-53372 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Block PASID attachment to nested domain with dirty tracking Kernel lacks dirty tracking support on nested domain attached to PASID, fails the attachment early if nesting parent domain is dirty tracking configured, otherwise dirty pages would be lost.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Input/Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) subsystem. This vulnerability arises in virtualized environments when a nested domain attempts to attach to a Process Address Space ID (PASID), a mechanism for devices to access memory, while its parent domain is configured for dirty page tracking.
The kernel lacks proper dirty tracking support for the nested domain in this scenario, leading to a failure in attachment and the potential loss of dirty pages. This can result in data integrity issues or system instability within the virtualized environment.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-820.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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