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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0030 23.1 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux ef6fb2d6f1abd56cc067c694253ea362159b5ac3 – — Linux 5.12 – 5.15.162
TIMELINE Jul 12 Reserved by Linux Jul 12 Published (CNA: Linux) Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-40970 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
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).
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 12, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-40970 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2024-40970 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
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