CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-31442

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel related to memory access after a Function Level Reset (FLR). If the second FLR cannot allocate memory for the saved configuration, invalid memory access may occur.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unexpected system errors or crashes, potentially leading to data loss or system integrity breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and ensure that the memory area is set to NULL after FLR completes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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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