CVE-2025-71221
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()
Add proper locking in mmp_pdma_residue() to prevent use-after-free when accessing descriptor list and descriptor contents.
The race occurs when multiple threads call tx_status() while the tasklet on another CPU is freeing completed descriptors:
CPU 0 CPU 1 ----- ----- mmp_pdma_tx_status() mmp_pdma_residue() -> NO LOCK held list_for_each_entry(sw, ..) DMA interrupt dma_do_tasklet() -> spin_lock(&desc_lock) list_move(sw->node, ...) spin_unlock(&desc_lock) | dma_pool_free(sw) <- FREED! -> access sw->desc <- UAF!
This issue can be reproduced when running dmatest on the same channel with multiple threads (threads_per_chan > 1).
Fix by protecting the chain_running list iteration and descriptor access with the chan->desc_lock spinlock.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.16,<6.18.10
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 3.16
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.12
< 6.12.80-r0+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.80-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.80-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.80-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.80-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.80-r0
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f665b3c3d9a168410251f27a5d019b7bf93185cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a143545855bc2c6e1330f6f57ae375ac44af00a7nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f0e0e2d9e752570041e95fd04635e2580097819nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb5e05227745de43b7fd589721817a4337c970dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eba0c75670c022cb1f948600db972524bcfe8166nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc023b8fab057f0c910856ff36d3e12a30b7af4anvd
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