CVE-2023-53501

iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind

published October 1, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind

When unbinding pasid - a race condition exists vs outstanding page faults.

To prevent this, the pasid_state object contains a refcount.

* set to 1 on pasid bind

* incremented on each ppr notification start

* decremented on each ppr notification done

* decremented on pasid unbind

Since refcount_dec assumes that refcount will never reach 0:

the current implementation causes the following to be invoked on

pasid unbind:

REFCOUNT_WARN("decrement hit 0; leaking memory")

Fix this issue by changing refcount_dec to refcount_dec_and_test

to explicitly handle refcount=1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00150 · 3.8th percentile
Published
2025-10-01T11:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 11:45Z
    iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind
    cvelistv5