# CVE-2025-21914: slimbus: messaging: Free transaction ID in delayed interrupt scenario

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slimbus: messaging: Free transaction ID in delayed interrupt scenario In case of interrupt delay for any reason, slim_do_transfer() returns timeout error but the transaction ID (TID) is not freed. This results into invalid memory access inside qcom_slim_ngd_rx_msgq_cb() due to invalid TID. Fix the issue by freeing the TID in slim_do_transfer() before returning timeout error to avoid invalid memory access. Call trace: __memcpy_fromio+0x20/0x190 qcom_slim_ngd_rx_msgq_cb+0x130/0x290 [slim_qcom_ngd_ctrl] vchan_complete+0x2a0/0x4a0 tasklet_action_common+0x274/0x700 tasklet_action+0x28/0x3c _stext+0x188/0x620 run_ksoftirqd+0x34/0x74 smpboot_thread_fn+0x1d8/0x464 kthread+0x178/0x238 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: aa0003e8 91000429 f100044a 3940002b (3800150b) ---[ end trace 0fe00bec2b975c99 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cec8c0ac173fe5321f03fdb1a09a9cb69bc9a9fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a32e5198a9134772eb03f7b72a7849094c55bda9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d34c4cbc38485c7514069f25348e439555b282
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18ae4cee05c310c299ba75d7477dcf34be67aa16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faac8e894014e8167471a8e4a5eb35a8fefbb82a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abf3d8bb51cbaf886c3f08109a0462890b10db6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c541c8f6da23e0b92f0a6216d899659a7572074
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb0d43ba8eb9517e70b1a0e4b0ae0ab657a0e5a

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