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Linux Kernel PowerPC IOMMU TCE Check Integer Overflows npages, Enabling a Guest-to-Host Boundary Violation Scoring 8.8

Last refreshed2026-10-10

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-98282

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-98282
CVSS Score / Version8.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-10-07
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is local; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is changed; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected productsLinux Kernel

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux Kernel
SubsystemsOT Supporting Infrastructure
SectorsAll Sectors

What to Know

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

powerpc/iommu: Fix the overflow validation in iommu_tce_check_ioba

The commit b1af23d836f8 ("KVM: PPC: iommu: Unify TCE checking") unified

IOBA parameter checking across KVM and VFIO into iommu_tce_check_ioba().

While doing so, the passed in argument npages is ignored and constant

value '1' is used leaving out a possible overflow as the callers can

legitimately be using npages > 1 for H_STUFF_TCE or H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT

cases.

Fix this by accounting for 'npages', checking for arithmetic overflow,

and verifying that the entire requested range (ioba - offset + npages)

does not exceed the table capacity 'size'. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98282
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98282