CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-71221

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.10%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

A race condition in the Linux kernel's MMP PDMA DMA driver leads to a use-after-free vulnerability. The mmp_pdma_residue() function lacks proper locking, allowing access to freed descriptor memory during list iteration.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in kernel context or cause a denial of service (DoS) by running multiple dmatest threads on the same DMA channel.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix protecting mmp_pdma_residue() with the chan->desc_lock spinlock.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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