[PATCH v3 1/2] iommu/iommufd: Fix IOPF group ownership UAF

From: Peiyang He

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 04:56:46 EST


iopf_group_alloc() links each last-page IOPF group into the generic IOPF
pending list before invoking the domain fault handler.
iommufd_fault_iopf_handler() also queued an accepted group in the
IOMMUFD deliver list without removing it from the generic pending list.

When detach or HWPT replacement drops the device's IOPF reference count
to zero, an IOMMU driver may call iopf_queue_remove_device(). That
function responds to and frees groups through the generic pending list
without removing the same groups from IOMMUFD's deliver list or response
xarray. A later read, response, or cleanup can then access the freed
group and cause a UAF.

Fix this by dequeuing an accepted group from the generic pending list
before IOMMUFD queues it for userspace response.
Make iopf_group_response() send a response regardless of pending-list
membership, so the dequeued group can still be completed by IOMMUFD.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/B4F28798E2E784CA+d29f723c-b2b5-4b67-8d1c-4f7b9b0b27cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 34765cbc679c ("iommufd: Associate fault object with iommufd_hw_pgtable")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tested-by: Peiyang He <peiyang_he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Signed-off-by: Peiyang He <peiyang_he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iommu/io-pgfault.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c | 2 ++
include/linux/iommu.h | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgfault.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgfault.c
index cca52a34d0ed..c16ff1fc4b95 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgfault.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgfault.c
@@ -332,16 +332,30 @@ void iopf_group_response(struct iopf_group *group,
.code = status,
};

- /* Only send response if there is a fault report pending */
mutex_lock(&fault_param->lock);
- if (!list_empty(&group->pending_node)) {
- ops->page_response(dev, &group->last_fault, &resp);
- list_del_init(&group->pending_node);
- }
+ ops->page_response(dev, &group->last_fault, &resp);
+ list_del_init(&group->pending_node);
mutex_unlock(&fault_param->lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iopf_group_response);

+/**
+ * iopf_group_dequeue - Dequeue a page fault group from the pending list
+ * @group: the group to dequeue
+ *
+ * The fault handler is responsible for responding to the group after
+ * this function returns.
+ */
+void iopf_group_dequeue(struct iopf_group *group)
+{
+ struct iommu_fault_param *fault_param = group->fault_param;
+
+ mutex_lock(&fault_param->lock);
+ list_del_init(&group->pending_node);
+ mutex_unlock(&fault_param->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iopf_group_dequeue);
+
/**
* iopf_queue_discard_partial - Remove all pending partial fault
* @queue: the queue whose partial faults need to be discarded
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
index 5129e3bf5461..747dd5155121 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ int iommufd_fault_iopf_handler(struct iopf_group *group)
hwpt = group->attach_handle->domain->iommufd_hwpt;
fault = hwpt->fault;

+ iopf_group_dequeue(group);
+
spin_lock(&fault->common.lock);
list_add_tail(&group->node, &fault->common.deliver);
spin_unlock(&fault->common.lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
index d20aa6f6863a..ac43b8b93f14 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommu.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
@@ -1704,6 +1704,7 @@ void iopf_free_group(struct iopf_group *group);
int iommu_report_device_fault(struct device *dev, struct iopf_fault *evt);
void iopf_group_response(struct iopf_group *group,
enum iommu_page_response_code status);
+void iopf_group_dequeue(struct iopf_group *group);
#else
static inline int
iopf_queue_add_device(struct iopf_queue *queue, struct device *dev)
@@ -1749,5 +1750,9 @@ static inline void iopf_group_response(struct iopf_group *group,
enum iommu_page_response_code status)
{
}
+
+static inline void iopf_group_dequeue(struct iopf_group *group)
+{
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_IOMMU_IOPF */
#endif /* __LINUX_IOMMU_H */
--
2.43.0