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CVE-2024-27437

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Disable auto-enable of exclusive INTx IRQ Currently for devices requiring masking…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Disable auto-enable of exclusive INTx IRQ Currently for devices requiring masking at the irqchip for INTx, ie. devices without DisINTx support, the IRQ is enabled in request_irq() and subsequently disabled as necessary to align with the masked status flag. This presents a window where the interrupt could fire between these events, resulting in the IRQ incrementing the disable depth twice. This would be unrecoverable for a user since the masked flag prevents nested enables through vfio. Instead, invert the logic using IRQF_NO_AUTOEN such that exclusive INTx is never auto-enabled, then unmask as required.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.6 before 6.1.84
from 6.2 before 6.6.24
from 6.7 before 6.7.12
from 6.8 before 6.8.3
from 6.8.4 through 6.8.12
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0

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