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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated May 7, 2026

CVE-2026-31442

CVE-2026-31442

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible invalid memory access after FLR

In the case that the first Function Level Reset (FLR) concludes correctly, but in the second FLR the scratch area for the saved configuration cannot be allocated, it's possible for a invalid memory access to happen.

Always set the deallocated scratch area to NULL after FLR completes.

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Affected products

8
  • Linux/Kernel7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.14,<6.18.21
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Linux/idxdllm-fuzzy

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