Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated May 7, 2026
CVE-2026-31441
CVE-2026-31441
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: idxd: Fix memory leak when a wq is reset
idxd_wq_disable_cleanup() which is called from the reset path for a workqueue, sets the wq type to NONE, which for other parts of the driver mean that the wq is empty (all its resources were released).
Only set the wq type to NONE after its resources are released.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.7.10,<5.8
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.8:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.8:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3d3ac57e3c52b570b8c695903306bff07e04c8nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c1504e0e76bcfb93991fd94288a83e05d13b51nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d77cc0c40ca2f894859dc7b3c52997574f1a2anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a16098a2f0c11ee5e04e23aa7478ca1fcfb0f658nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e7815d38629bcf59d3005001f1f315424a58denvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9cfb5193a047a92a4d3c0e91ea4cc87c8f7c478nvdPatch
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