🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 Intel IOMMU (VT-d)에서 scalable mode가 비활성화된 상태에서 PCIe 장치 연결이 끊어질 때 ATS 무효화 요청이 무한 대기하여 시스템이 hard-lock되는 취약점입니다. 사용자 공간으로 통과되는 PCIe 장치(QEMU, DPDK)에서 특히 문제가 발생합니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
PCIe 장치가 갑자기 분리될 때 Linux 시스템이 응답하지 않고 멈추는 문제입니다. 가상 머신이나 특정 서버 환경에서 발생합니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Skip dev-iotlb flush for inaccessible PCIe device without scalable mode
PCIe endpoints with ATS enabled and passed through to userspace
(e.g., QEMU, DPDK) can hard-lock the host when their link drops,
either by surprise removal or by a link fault.
Commit 4fc82cd907ac ("iommu/vt-d: Don't issue ATS Invalidation
request when device is disconnected") adds pci_dev_is_disconnected()
to devtlb_invalidation_with_pasid() so ATS invalidation is skipped
only when the device is being safely removed, but it applies only
when Intel IOMMU scalable mode is enabled.
With scalable mode disabled or unsupported, a system hard-lock
occurs when a PCIe endpoint's link drops because the Intel IOMMU
waits indefinitely for an ATS invalidation that cannot complete.
Call Trace:
qi_submit_sync
qi_flush_dev_iotlb
__context_flush_dev_iotlb.part.0
domain_context_clear_one_cb
pci_for_each_dma_alias
device_block_translation
blocking_domain_attach_dev
iommu_deinit_device
__iommu_group_remove_device
iommu_release_device
iommu_bus_notifier
blocking_notifier_call_chain
bus_notify
device_del
pci_remove_bus_device
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
pciehp_unconfigure_device
pciehp_disable_slot
pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change
pciehp_ist
Commit 81e921fd3216 ("iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release")
adds intel_pasid_teardown_sm_context() to intel_iommu_release_device(),
which calls qi_flush_dev_iotlb() and can also hard-lock the system
when a PCIe endpoint's link drops.
Call Trace:
qi_submit_sync
qi_flush_dev_iotlb
__context_flush_dev_iotlb.part.0
intel_context_flush_no_pasid
device_pasid_table_teardown
pci_pasid_table_teardown
pci_for_each_dma_alias
intel_pasid_teardown_sm_context
intel_iommu_release_device
iommu_deinit_device
__iommu_group_remove_device
iommu_release_device
iommu_bus_notifier
blocking_notifier_call_chain
bus_notify
device_del
pci_remove_bus_device
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
pciehp_unconfigure_device
pciehp_disable_slot
pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change
pciehp_ist
Sometimes the endpoint loses connection without a link-down event
(e.g., due to a link fault); killing the process (virsh destroy)
then hard-locks the host.
Call Trace:
qi_submit_sync
qi_flush_dev_iotlb
__context_flush_dev_iotlb.part.0
domain_context_clear_one_cb
pci_for_each_dma_alias
device_block_translation
blocking_domain_attach_dev
__iommu_attach_device
__iommu_device_set_domain
__iommu_group_set_domain_internal
iommu_detach_group
vfio_iommu_type1_detach_group
vfio_group_detach_container
vfio_group_fops_release
__fput
pci_dev_is_disconnected() only covers safe-removal paths;
pci_device_is_present() tests accessibility by reading
vendor/device IDs and internally calls pci_dev_is_disconnected().
On a ConnectX-5 (8 GT/s, x2) this costs ~70 µs.
Since __context_flush_dev_iotlb() is only called on
{attach,release}_dev paths (not hot), add pci_device_is_present()
there to skip inaccessible devices and avoid the hard-lock.
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel with Intel IOMMU (VT-d) and scalable mode disabled
⚔️ 공격 벡터
PCIe 장치의 갑작스러운 제거, 링크 장애, 또는 가상 머신 강제 종료를 통한 DoS
🛡️ 대응 방법
pci_device_is_present() 함수 추가로 접근 불가능한 장치에 대한 dev-iotlb flush를 건너뛰는 커널 패치 적용
🔧 검증 코드
Intel IOMMU 활성화 여부와 커널 버전을 확인하여 시스템의 취약점 노출도를 판단합니다.
cat /proc/cmdline | grep -o 'intel_iommu=[^ ]*' && uname -r