[PATCH rc v3 3/4] iommufd: Set veventq_depth upper bound

From: Nicolin Chen

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 14:52:17 EST


iommufd_veventq_alloc() accepts any !0 veventq_depth from userspace, with
an upper bound at U32_MAX.

This leaves a vulnerability where userspace can allocate excessively large
queues to exhaust kernel memory reserves.

Cap the veventq_depth (maximum number of entries) to 1 << 19, matching the
maximum number of entries in the SMMUv3 EVTQ (the largest use case today).

Update the uAPI header accordingly.

Fixes: e36ba5ab808e ("iommufd: Add IOMMUFD_OBJ_VEVENTQ and IOMMUFD_CMD_VEVENTQ_ALLOC")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h | 4 +++-
drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
index e998dfbd69603..8d07bb30af617 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
@@ -1267,7 +1267,9 @@ struct iommu_vevent_tegra241_cmdqv {
* can have multiple FDs for different types, but is confined to one per @type.
* User space should open the @out_veventq_fd to read vEVENTs out of a vEVENTQ,
* if there are vEVENTs available. A vEVENTQ will lose events due to overflow,
- * if the number of the vEVENTs hits @veventq_depth.
+ * if the number of the vEVENTs hits @veventq_depth. The maximum @veventq_depth
+ * is implementation-specific; -EINVAL will be returned if the requested value
+ * exceeds it.
*
* Each vEVENT in a vEVENTQ encloses a struct iommufd_vevent_header followed by
* a type-specific data structure, in a normal case:
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
index 78689fb52d24c..1f1e415285b1a 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
@@ -473,6 +473,9 @@ int iommufd_fault_iopf_handler(struct iopf_group *group)
static const struct file_operations iommufd_veventq_fops =
INIT_EVENTQ_FOPS(iommufd_veventq_fops_read, NULL);

+/* An arbitrary upper bound for veventq_depth that fits all existing HWs */
+#define VEVENTQ_MAX_DEPTH (1U << 19)
+
int iommufd_veventq_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
{
struct iommu_veventq_alloc *cmd = ucmd->cmd;
@@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ int iommufd_veventq_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
if (cmd->flags || cmd->__reserved ||
cmd->type == IOMMU_VEVENTQ_TYPE_DEFAULT)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (!cmd->veventq_depth)
+ if (!cmd->veventq_depth || cmd->veventq_depth > VEVENTQ_MAX_DEPTH)
return -EINVAL;

viommu = iommufd_get_viommu(ucmd, cmd->viommu_id);
--
2.43.0