GCVE Workshop - 22 September 2026 (14:00-18:00), Luxembourg Before The Vulnopticon Conference - Registration

GHSA-959M-9W2W-7JXC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-14 18:30 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:31
VLAI
Details

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.

Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Show details on source website
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-71221"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-14T17:15:54Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()\n\nAdd proper locking in mmp_pdma_residue() to prevent use-after-free when\naccessing descriptor list and descriptor contents.\n\nThe race occurs when multiple threads call tx_status() while the tasklet\non another CPU is freeing completed descriptors:\n\nCPU 0                              CPU 1\n-----                              -----\nmmp_pdma_tx_status()\nmmp_pdma_residue()\n  -\u003e NO LOCK held\n     list_for_each_entry(sw, ..)\n                                   DMA interrupt\n                                   dma_do_tasklet()\n                                     -\u003e spin_lock(\u0026desc_lock)\n                                        list_move(sw-\u003enode, ...)\n                                        spin_unlock(\u0026desc_lock)\n  |                                     dma_pool_free(sw) \u003c- FREED!\n  -\u003e access sw-\u003edesc \u003c- UAF!\n\nThis issue can be reproduced when running dmatest on the same channel with\nmultiple threads (threads_per_chan \u003e 1).\n\nFix by protecting the chain_running list iteration and descriptor access\nwith the chan-\u003edesc_lock spinlock.",
  "id": "GHSA-959m-9w2w-7jxc",
  "modified": "2026-07-14T15:31:39Z",
  "published": "2026-02-14T18:30:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71221"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f0e0e2d9e752570041e95fd04635e2580097819"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f665b3c3d9a168410251f27a5d019b7bf93185c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a143545855bc2c6e1330f6f57ae375ac44af00a7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb5e05227745de43b7fd589721817a4337c970d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eba0c75670c022cb1f948600db972524bcfe8166"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc023b8fab057f0c910856ff36d3e12a30b7af4a"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.