GHSA-G96X-Q37F-X894
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-25 15:30 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free
A use-after-free bug exists in the Tegra ADMA driver when audio streams are terminated, particularly during XRUN conditions. The issue occurs when the DMA buffer is freed by tegra_adma_terminate_all() before the vchan completion tasklet finishes accessing it.
The race condition follows this sequence:
- DMA transfer completes, triggering an interrupt that schedules the completion tasklet (tasklet has not executed yet)
- Audio playback stops, calling tegra_adma_terminate_all() which frees the DMA buffer memory via kfree()
- The scheduled tasklet finally executes, calling vchan_complete() which attempts to access the already-freed memory
Since tasklets can execute at any time after being scheduled, there is no guarantee that the buffer will remain valid when vchan_complete() runs.
Fix this by properly synchronizing the virtual channel completion: - Calling vchan_terminate_vdesc() in tegra_adma_stop() to mark the descriptors as terminated instead of freeing the descriptor. - Add the callback tegra_adma_synchronize() that calls vchan_synchronize() which kills any pending tasklets and frees any terminated descriptors.
Crash logs: [ 337.427523] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0 [ 337.427544] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000132055428 by task swapper/0/0
[ 337.427562] Call trace: [ 337.427564] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x320 [ 337.427571] show_stack+0x20/0x30 [ 337.427575] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84 [ 337.427584] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2b8 [ 337.427590] kasan_report+0x1f4/0x210 [ 337.427598] __asan_load8+0xa0/0xd0 [ 337.427603] vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0 [ 337.427609] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x190/0x1d0 [ 337.427617] tasklet_action+0x30/0x40 [ 337.427623] __do_softirq+0x1a0/0x5c4 [ 337.427628] irq_exit+0x110/0x140 [ 337.427633] handle_domain_irq+0xa4/0xe0 [ 337.427640] gic_handle_irq+0x64/0x160 [ 337.427644] call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x4c [ 337.427649] do_interrupt_handler+0x7c/0x90 [ 337.427654] el1_interrupt+0x30/0x80 [ 337.427659] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x30 [ 337.427663] el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80 [ 337.427667] cpuidle_enter_state+0xe4/0x540 [ 337.427674] cpuidle_enter+0x54/0x80 [ 337.427679] do_idle+0x2e0/0x380 [ 337.427685] cpu_startup_entry+0x2c/0x70 [ 337.427690] rest_init+0x114/0x130 [ 337.427695] arch_call_rest_init+0x18/0x24 [ 337.427702] start_kernel+0x380/0x3b4 [ 337.427706] __primary_switched+0xc0/0xc8
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-71162"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-25T15:15:53Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free\n\nA use-after-free bug exists in the Tegra ADMA driver when audio streams\nare terminated, particularly during XRUN conditions. The issue occurs\nwhen the DMA buffer is freed by tegra_adma_terminate_all() before the\nvchan completion tasklet finishes accessing it.\n\nThe race condition follows this sequence:\n\n 1. DMA transfer completes, triggering an interrupt that schedules the\n completion tasklet (tasklet has not executed yet)\n 2. Audio playback stops, calling tegra_adma_terminate_all() which\n frees the DMA buffer memory via kfree()\n 3. The scheduled tasklet finally executes, calling vchan_complete()\n which attempts to access the already-freed memory\n\nSince tasklets can execute at any time after being scheduled, there is\nno guarantee that the buffer will remain valid when vchan_complete()\nruns.\n\nFix this by properly synchronizing the virtual channel completion:\n - Calling vchan_terminate_vdesc() in tegra_adma_stop() to mark the\n descriptors as terminated instead of freeing the descriptor.\n - Add the callback tegra_adma_synchronize() that calls\n vchan_synchronize() which kills any pending tasklets and frees any\n terminated descriptors.\n\nCrash logs:\n[ 337.427523] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0\n[ 337.427544] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000132055428 by task swapper/0/0\n\n[ 337.427562] Call trace:\n[ 337.427564] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x320\n[ 337.427571] show_stack+0x20/0x30\n[ 337.427575] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84\n[ 337.427584] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2b8\n[ 337.427590] kasan_report+0x1f4/0x210\n[ 337.427598] __asan_load8+0xa0/0xd0\n[ 337.427603] vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0\n[ 337.427609] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x190/0x1d0\n[ 337.427617] tasklet_action+0x30/0x40\n[ 337.427623] __do_softirq+0x1a0/0x5c4\n[ 337.427628] irq_exit+0x110/0x140\n[ 337.427633] handle_domain_irq+0xa4/0xe0\n[ 337.427640] gic_handle_irq+0x64/0x160\n[ 337.427644] call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x4c\n[ 337.427649] do_interrupt_handler+0x7c/0x90\n[ 337.427654] el1_interrupt+0x30/0x80\n[ 337.427659] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x30\n[ 337.427663] el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80\n[ 337.427667] cpuidle_enter_state+0xe4/0x540\n[ 337.427674] cpuidle_enter+0x54/0x80\n[ 337.427679] do_idle+0x2e0/0x380\n[ 337.427685] cpu_startup_entry+0x2c/0x70\n[ 337.427690] rest_init+0x114/0x130\n[ 337.427695] arch_call_rest_init+0x18/0x24\n[ 337.427702] start_kernel+0x380/0x3b4\n[ 337.427706] __primary_switched+0xc0/0xc8",
"id": "GHSA-g96x-q37f-x894",
"modified": "2026-07-14T15:31:33Z",
"published": "2026-01-25T15:30:26Z",
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}
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