# CVE-2026-72147: dmaengine: dw-edma-pcie: Reject devices without driver data

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.3.0, fixed in 6.6.148; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.101; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.42; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: dw-edma-pcie: Reject devices without driver data dw_edma_pcie_probe() treats the PCI device ID driver_data as the template for the controller layout and copies it unconditionally. A device bound dynamically via sysfs can match the driver without that data, which leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Reject such matches before enabling the device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69bf416b31e2dc44aa8a10e7a215ad388994c7c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2733b5dcb5a4ba4446f7bac954b97e4501dcaa64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1042599fa8f9e313be176eb1ea1ae199f983419
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/043acb00e4edd4b9ffb9dd0e357482dcd9086486
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044f7b3252d4fb2143d4999eec2800c08f1001ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11d7cfe0c119691b2dafbb699bbca90258c678aa

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