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HistorySep 18, 2024 - 7:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-46716

2024-09-1807:15:03
Google
osv.dev
linux kernel
vulnerability
cve-2024-46716
dmaengine
altera-msgdma
descriptor
free
software

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

16.4%

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.

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

16.4%

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