CVE-2021-28702
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
PCI devices with RMRRs not deassigned correctly Certain PCI devices in a system might be assigned Reserved Memory Regions (specified via Reserved Memory Region Reporting, "RMRR"). These are typically used for platform tasks such as legacy USB emulation. If such a device is passed through to a guest, then on guest shutdown the device is not properly deassigned. The IOMMU configuration for these devices which are not properly deassigned ends up pointing to a freed data structure, including the IO Pagetables. Subsequent DMA or interrupts from the device will have unpredictable behaviour, ranging from IOMMU faults to memory corruption.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.6
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affected products (13)
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references (30)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/07/2cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OIHEJ3R3EH5DYI2I5UMD2ULJ2ELA3EX/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FDPRMOBBLS74ONYP3IXZZXSTLKR7GRQB/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRAWV6PO2KUGVZTESERECOBUBZ6X45I7/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28702cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168076/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202208-23.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Xen-reuse-after-free-via-PCI-Devices-RMRR-36599cnnvd
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