x86/mm: Ensure input to pfn_to_kaddr() is treated as a 64-bit type
On 64-bit platforms, the pfn_to_kaddr() macro requires that the input
value is 64 bits in order to ensure that valid address bits don't get
lost when shifting that input by PAGE_SHIFT to calculate the physical
address to provide a virtual address for.
One such example is in pvalidate_pages() (used by SEV-SNP guests), where
the GFN in the struct used for page-state change requests is a 40-bit
bit-field, so attempts to pass this GFN field directly into
pfn_to_kaddr() ends up causing guest crashes when dealing with addresses
above the 1TB range due to the above.
Fix this issue with SEV-SNP guests, as well as any similar cases that
might cause issues in current/future code, by using an inline function,
instead of a macro, so that the input is implicitly cast to the
expected 64-bit input type prior to performing the shift operation.
While it might be argued that the issue is on the caller side, other
archs/macros have taken similar approaches to deal with instances like
this, such as ARM explicitly casting the input to phys_addr_t:
e48866647b48 ("ARM: 8396/1: use phys_addr_t in pfn_to_kaddr()")
A C inline function is even better though.
[ mingo: Refined the changelog some more & added __always_inline. ]
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6816-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6817-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6817-2 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6817-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6878-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:31:13.746Z
Reserved: 2024-03-07T14:49:46.884Z
Link: CVE-2023-52659
Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:21.334Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-17T13:15:57.677
Modified: 2025-09-25T15:54:17.010
Link: CVE-2023-52659
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