Bug 2540481 (CVE-2026-97507)

Summary:	CVE-2026-97507 kernel: media: dm1105: fix missing error check for dma_alloc_coherent
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's DM1105 media driver. A local user could cause a Denial of Service (DoS) through a kernel crash if Direct Memory Access (DMA) memory allocation fails during device initialization. Because the driver ignores the allocation return value, it proceeds to use a null pointer for subsequent DMA transfers, resulting in invalid memory access and system failure.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:59:09 UTC

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

media: dm1105: fix missing error check for dma_alloc_coherent

The return value of dm1105_dma_map(), which handles DMA memory allocation,
is ignored in dm1105_hw_init(). If dma_alloc_coherent() fails, the driver
will proceed using a NULL pointer for DMA transfers, leading to a kernel
oops or invalid hardware access.

Fix this by checking the return value and propagating -ENOMEM on failure.

Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-09-28 15:40:14 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97507.mbox