ALPINE-CVE-2023-46835
The current setup of the quarantine page tables assumes that the quarantine domain (dom_io) has been initialized with an address width of DEFAULT_DOMAIN_ADDRESS_WIDTH (48) and hence 4 page table levels. However dom_io being a PV domain gets the AMD-Vi IOMMU page tables levels based on the maximum (hot pluggable) RAM address, and hence on systems with no RAM above the 512GB mark only 3 page-table levels are configured in the IOMMU. On systems without RAM above the 512GB boundary amd_iommu_quarantine_init() will setup page tables for the scratch page with 4 levels, while the IOMMU will be configured to use 3 levels only, resulting in the last page table directory (PDE) effectively becoming a page table entry (PTE), and hence a device in quarantine mode gaining write access to the page destined to be a PDE. Due to this page table level mismatch, the sink page the device gets read/write access to is no longer cleared between device assignment, possibly leading to data leaks.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.16 | xen | 4.4.1-r5, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xen | 4.3.0-r1, 4.3.0-r0, 4.2.2-r9 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | xen | 4.16.1-r1, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xen | 4.9.0-r7, 0, 4.0.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | xen | 4.12.1-r2, 4.15.0-r4, 4.15.0-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | xen | 4.14.1-r0, 4.14.1-r1, 4.14.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | xen | 4.2.2-r7, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xen | 4.17.1-r4, 4.17.2-r0, 4.17.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | xen | 4.3.0-r4, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2 |
Timeline
- Jan 5, 2024 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch