# CVE-2026-52953: iommu/vt-d: Fix oops due to out of scope access

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel oops and denial of service by killing a QEMU process using VFIO, due to an out-of-scope memory access in the Intel IOMMU driver.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-90534, BELL-CVE-2026-52953, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52953, GHSA-7jp2-wqvr-vw2w, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-52953, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-52953, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52953

## What is CVE-2026-52953?

CVE-2026-52953 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 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/vt-d: Fix oops due to out of scope access

Below oops triggers when kill QEMU process:

  Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x7fffffff844eaaa7: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   do_raw_spin_lock+0xaa/0xc0
   _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x21/0x40
   domain_remove_dev_pasid+0x52/0x160
   intel_nested_set_dev_pasid+0x1b9/0x1e0
   __iommu_set_group_pasid+0x56/0x120
   pci_dev_reset_iommu_done+0xe3/0x180
   pcie_flr+0x65/0x160
   __pci_reset_function_locked+0x5b/0x120
   vfio_pci_core_close_device+0x63/0xe0 [vfio_pci_core]
   vfio_df_close+0x4f/0xa0
   vfio_df_unbind_iommufd+0x2d/0x60
   vfio_device_fops_release+0x3e/0x40
   __fput+0xe5/0x2c0
   task_work_run+0x58/0xa0
   do_exit+0x2c8/0x600
   do_group_exit+0x2f/0xa0
   get_signal+0x863/0x8c0
   arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x24/0x100
   exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x87/0x380
   do_syscall_64+0x2ff/0x11e0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The global static blocked domain is a dummy domain without corresponding
dmar_domain structure, accessing beyond iommu_domain structure triggers
oops easily. Fix it by return early in domain_remove_dev_pasid() like
identity domain.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-52953?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-52953?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-52953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-52953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-52953 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-52953 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-52953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-52953/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-52953/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52953
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52953
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-52953

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-52953/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.