CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80902

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the sun6i-dma DMA driver, active descriptors are not properly reclaimed when terminating DMA transfers. Only cyclic descriptors were handled, causing non-cyclic descriptors and their LLI chains to be permanently leaked. The fix uses vchan_terminate_vdesc() and adds a check to prevent double-adding completed descriptors.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak in the DMA driver can lead to performance degradation or resource exhaustion over time, especially under heavy DMA operations.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing this fix to avoid memory leaks related to terminating DMA transfers.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: sun6i-dma: Fix reclaim descriptors while terminating DMA When terminating DMA transfers, active descriptors are not properly reclaimed. Only cyclic descriptors were handled, leaving non-cyclic descriptors and their LLI chains to be permanently leaked. Fix by using vchan_terminate_vdesc() which handles both cyclic and non-cyclic descriptors by adding them to desc_terminated queue for proper cleanup. Add pchan->desc != pchan->done check to prevent double-adding completed descriptors, which would corrupt the list.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS