CVE-2024-40970

The CVE-2024-40970 issue affects the Linux kernel’s dw-axi-dmac component. It describes a hw_desc array overrun when many descriptors are chained (e.g., nr_buffers=3 with 3 segments per descriptor, leading to 9 hw_descs). Root cause is improper handling in axi_desc_put() relative to allocated hw_...

CVE-2024-40970: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Avoid hwdesc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac I have a use case where nrbuffers = 3 and in which each descriptor is composed by 3 segments, resulting in the DMA channel descsallocated to be 9. Since axidescput handles the hwdesc...