CVE-2025-71221

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71221
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-71221.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-71221
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-02-14T16:27:04.631Z
Modified
2026-04-02T13:04:56.926577Z
Summary
dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: mmppdma: Fix race condition in mmppdma_residue()

Add proper locking in mmppdmaresidue() to prevent use-after-free when accessing descriptor list and descriptor contents.

The race occurs when multiple threads call tx_status() while the tasklet on another CPU is freeing completed descriptors:

CPU 0 CPU 1 ----- ----- mmppdmatxstatus() mmppdmaresidue() -> NO LOCK held listforeachentry(sw, ..) DMA interrupt dmadotasklet() -> spinlock(&desclock) listmove(sw->node, ...) spinunlock(&desclock) | dmapool_free(sw) <- FREED! -> access sw->desc <- UAF!

This issue can be reproduced when running dmatest on the same channel with multiple threads (threadsperchan > 1).

Fix by protecting the chainrunning list iteration and descriptor access with the chan->desclock spinlock.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71221.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1b38da264674d6a0fe26a63996b8f88b88c3da48
Fixed
dfb5e05227745de43b7fd589721817a4337c970d
Fixed
eba0c75670c022cb1f948600db972524bcfe8166
Fixed
fc023b8fab057f0c910856ff36d3e12a30b7af4a
Fixed
9f665b3c3d9a168410251f27a5d019b7bf93185c
Fixed
a143545855bc2c6e1330f6f57ae375ac44af00a7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-71221.json"