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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23085

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23085 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Avoid truncating memory addresses On 32-bit machines with CONFIG_ARM_LPAE, it is possible for lowmem allocations to be backed by addresses physical memory above the 32-bit address limit, as found while experimenting with larger VMSPLIT configurations. This caused the qemu virt model to crash in the GICv3 driver, which allocates the 'itt' object using GFP_KERNEL. Since all memory below the 4GB physical address limit is in ZONE_DMA in this configuration, kmalloc() defaults to higher addresses for ZONE_NORMAL, and the ITS driver stores the physical address in a 32-bit 'unsigned long' variable. Change the itt_addr variable to the correct phys_addr_t type instead, along with all other variables in this driver that hold a physical address. The gicv5 driver correctly uses u64 variables, while all other irqchip drivers don't call virt_to_phys or similar interfaces. It's expected that other device drivers have similar issues, but fixing this one is sufficient for booting a virtio based guest.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.140-1, 6.1.137-1, 6.1.129-1
Debian:11linux5.10.179-3, 5.10.179-2, 5.10.179-1
Debian:13linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1, 6.12.43-1
Debian:14linux0, *, *
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1, 6.1.37-1, 6.1.115-1

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Feb 4, 2026 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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