# CVE-2022-49746: dmaengine: imx-sdma: Fix a possible memory leak in sdma\_transfer\_init

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: imx-sdma: Fix a possible memory leak in sdma_transfer_init If the function sdma_load_context() fails, the sdma_desc will be freed, but the allocated desc->bd is forgot to be freed. We already met the sdma_load_context() failure case and the log as below: [ 450.699064] imx-sdma 30bd0000.dma-controller: Timeout waiting for CH0 ready ... In this case, the desc->bd will not be freed without this change.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ee99e52936b2c04cc37b17a14b2ae2f9d282ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbe634ce824329d8f14079c3e9f8f11670894bec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd0050b7ffa87c7b260d563646af612f4112a778
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43acd767bd90c5d4172ce7fee5d9007a9a08dea9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4745a6b8016fae74c95dcd457d4ceef7d98af1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1417f59ac0b02130ee56c0c50794b9b257be3d17

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