CVE-2024-40970
Published: Jul 12, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac I have a use case where nr_buffers = 3 and in which each descriptor is composed by 3 segments, resulting in the DMA channel descs_allocated to be 9. Since axi_desc_put() handles the hw_desc considering the descs_allocated, this scenario would result in a kernel panic (hw_desc array will be overrun). To fix this, the proposal is to add a new member to the axi_dma_desc structure, where we keep the number of allocated hw_descs (axi_desc_alloc()) and use it in axi_desc_put() to handle the hw_desc array correctly. Additionally I propose to remove the axi_chan_start_first_queued() call after completing the transfer, since it was identified that unbalance can occur (started descriptors can be interrupted and transfer ignored due to DMA channel not being enabled).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected ef6fb2d6f1abd56cc067c694253ea362159b5ac3 - < 7c3bb96a20cd8db3b8824b2ff08b6cde4505c7e5affected ef6fb2d6f1abd56cc067c694253ea362159b5ac3 - < dd42570018f5962c10f215ad9c21274ed5d3541eaffected ef6fb2d6f1abd56cc067c694253ea362159b5ac3 - < e151ae1ee065cf4b8ce4394ddb9d9c8df6370c66affected ef6fb2d6f1abd56cc067c694253ea362159b5ac3 - < 9004784e8d68bcd1ac1376407ba296fa28f04dbeaffected ef6fb2d6f1abd56cc067c694253ea362159b5ac3 - < 333e11bf47fa8d477db90e2900b1ed3c9ae9b697 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.12unaffected 0 - < 5.12unaffected 5.15.162 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.96 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.36 - <= 6.6.*+2 more versions |
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