dmaengine: wait for RCU readers before releasing dma_device (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: wait for RCU readers before releasing dma_device dma_issue_pending_all() walks the dma_device_list with list_for_each_entry_rcu() under rcu_read_lock(). dma_device_release() unlinks the device with list_del_rcu() and then calls device->device_release() (which in many drivers, such as plx_dma.c, directly calls kfree()). Because there is no grace period between unlinking the device and freeing it, concurrent RCU readers in dma_issue_pending_all() can access the device after it has been freed. The lockless walk originally relied on clients holding a dmaengine reference to pin the provider module, and therefore the device, for as long as they might traverse the list. Commit 8ad342a86359 ("dmaengine: Add reference counting to dma_device struct") decoupled the dma_device lifetime from the module reference, so the device can now be released while a reader is still walking the list. Add synchronize_rcu() before the device is freed, so RCU readers are guaranteed to have finished. Keep it unconditional: providers that do not implement device_release() free the device themselves once dma_async_device_unregister() returns. This call will delay for a grace period with dma_list_mutex held, which is safe and only teardown path is delayed.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac8ce9f89638d6d79875cca7d8ae42566a9bde15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14578c78405d51fa92e4ada4502a45f537c0fcb8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb3310a5167e868a5e763e32b9a23b4d50669ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8577a5ec4f7e00443015ef99f646def093121a1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4448a539a0c39141cccc67be6cacde0f35024313
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1f4884f1d46fc7a8cee6e2997ecc9e8d1c7f77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aed7e47a10b94ea3c5171e8d1382081accd2e03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc750422170a563c7a81f6e49d36bb02c62ae37f
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-93327
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-98342
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1374 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 2ba05622b8b143b0c95968ba59bddfbd6d2f2559 < ac8ce9f89638d6d79875cca7d8ae42566a9bde15 ; affected 2ba05622b8b143b0c95968ba59bddfbd6d2f2559 < 14578c78405d51fa92e4ada4502a45f537c0fcb8 ; affected 2ba05622b8b143b0c95968ba59bddfbd6d2f2559 < cbb3310a5167e868a5e763e32b9a23b4d50669ee ; affected 2ba05622b8b143b0c95968ba59bddfbd6d2f2559 < 8577a5ec4f7e00443015ef99f646def093121a1b ; affected 2ba05622b8b143b0c95968ba59bddfbd6d2f2559 < 4448a539a0c39141cccc67be6cacde0f35024313 ; affected 2ba05622b8b143b0c95968ba59bddfbd6d2f2559 < fc1f4884f1d46fc7a8cee6e2997ecc9e8d1c7f77 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.29 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.29 ; unaffected 5.10.271 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.222 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |