CVE-2026-23429 iommu/sva: Fix crash in iommu_sva_unbind_device()

What is CVE-2026-23429?

CVE-2026-23429 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

iommu/sva: Fix crash in iommu_sva_unbind_device()

domain->mm->iommu_mm can be freed by iommu_domain_free(): iommu_domain_free() mmdrop() __mmdrop() mm_pasid_drop() After iommu_domain_free() returns, accessing domain->mm->iommu_mm may dereference a freed mm structure, leading to a crash.

Fix this by moving the code that accesses domain->mm->iommu_mm to before the call to iommu_domain_free().

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23429?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-23429?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2026-23429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23429, GHSA-742c-798h-fpj3, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23429.