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CVE-2026-31436

dmaengine: idxd: fix possible wrong descriptor completion in llist_abort_desc()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix possible wrong descriptor completion in llist_abort_desc() At the end of this function, d is the traversal cursor of flist, but the code completes found instead. This can lead to issues such as NULL pointer dereferences, double completion, or descriptor leaks. Fix this by completing d instead of found in the final list_for_each_entry_safe() loop.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From aa8d18becc0c14aa3eb46d6d1b81450446e11b87 · fixed in e21da2ad8844585040fe4b82be1ad2fe99d40074; From aa8d18becc0c14aa3eb46d6d1b81450446e11b87 · fixed in 82656e8daf8de00935ae91b91bed43f4d6e0d644; From aa8d18becc0c14aa3eb46d6d1b81450446e11b87 · fixed in 0e4f43779d550e559be13a5cdb763bad92c4cc99; From aa8d18becc0c14aa3eb46d6d1b81450446e11b87 · fixed in e1c9866173c5f8521f2d0768547a01508cb9ff27

  • Linux Linux

    6.8

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.8.0 · fixed in 6.12.80; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.21; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 6.19.11

References 4

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