Bug 2439909 (CVE-2025-71221) - CVE-2025-71221 kernel: dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()
Summary: CVE-2025-71221 kernel: dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_re...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-71221
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-02-14 17:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-16 17:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-14 17:02:34 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()

Add proper locking in mmp_pdma_residue() 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
-----                              -----
mmp_pdma_tx_status()
mmp_pdma_residue()
  -> NO LOCK held
     list_for_each_entry(sw, ..)
                                   DMA interrupt
                                   dma_do_tasklet()
                                     -> spin_lock(&desc_lock)
                                        list_move(sw->node, ...)
                                        spin_unlock(&desc_lock)
  |                                     dma_pool_free(sw) <- FREED!
  -> access sw->desc <- UAF!

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

Fix by protecting the chain_running list iteration and descriptor access
with the chan->desc_lock spinlock.


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