CVE-2026-74574 (GCVE-0-2026-74574)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:28 – Updated: 2026-10-16 19:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
dmaengine: idxd: fix fdev setup failure cleanup in idxd_cdev_open()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: idxd: fix fdev setup failure cleanup in idxd_cdev_open()
The failed_dev_add and failed_dev_name paths drop the file-device
reference while wq->wq_lock is still held. If put_device(fdev) drops the
last reference, idxd_file_dev_release() runs synchronously and tries to
take wq->wq_lock again, deadlocking.
Those paths also fall through into the later ctx cleanup labels even
though idxd_file_dev_release() owns that cleanup and frees ctx. This can
make idxd_xa_pasid_remove(ctx) and kfree(ctx) operate on a freed context.
Move idxd_wq_get() before file-device setup can fail, since the release
callback always calls idxd_wq_put(). Then unlock wq->wq_lock before
put_device(fdev) and return directly from the file-device setup failure
path, leaving ctx cleanup to the release callback.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 19:00 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
e6fd6d7e5f0fe4a17a08e892afb5db800e7794ec , < 778ccbded2c8749c5be7f0dfa04fc9977a36fb7e
(git)
Affected: e6fd6d7e5f0fe4a17a08e892afb5db800e7794ec , < 8d5d28285728be47c82fdf1c48be4268293c90e7 (git) Affected: e6fd6d7e5f0fe4a17a08e892afb5db800e7794ec , < 0679c0c189d2548f00e1bac95be28e2df5c6c7f7 (git) Affected: e6fd6d7e5f0fe4a17a08e892afb5db800e7794ec , < 6e26a41c4c1a706edaaa7c7dffc6b3b945707a55 (git) Affected: e6fd6d7e5f0fe4a17a08e892afb5db800e7794ec , < ee1d7274102285d78a53161fc705a8d8cd40b066 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.151 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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