Properly Free Descriptor in msgdma_free_descriptor

CVE-2024-46716
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Key Information

Vendor
Linux
Status
Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 September 2024

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: altera-msgdma: properly free descriptor in msgdma_free_descriptor Remove list_del call in msgdma_chan_desc_cleanup, this should be the role of msgdma_free_descriptor. In consequence replace list_add_tail with list_move_tail in msgdma_free_descriptor. This fixes the path: msgdma_free_chan_resources -> msgdma_free_descriptors -> msgdma_free_desc_list -> msgdma_free_descriptor which does not correctly free the descriptors as first nodes were not removed from the list.

Affected Version(s)

Linux < 1da177e4c3f4

Linux < 20bf2920a869

Linux < 1da177e4c3f4

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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