Bug 2502456 (CVE-2026-63929) - CVE-2026-63929 kernel: iio: buffer: Fix DMA fence leak in iio_buffer_enqueue_dmabuf()
Summary: CVE-2026-63929 kernel: iio: buffer: Fix DMA fence leak in iio_buffer_enqueue_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63929
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-19 16:09 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-21 13:40 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 16:09:09 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: buffer: Fix DMA fence leak in iio_buffer_enqueue_dmabuf()

iio_buffer_enqueue_dmabuf() allocates a struct iio_dma_fence (104 bytes,
kmalloc-128) via kmalloc_obj()+dma_fence_init(), which sets the initial
kref to 1.  It then calls dma_resv_add_fence() which takes a second
reference (kref=2), and stores a raw pointer in block->fence.

On the success path the function returns without calling dma_fence_put()
to release the initial reference, so every buffer enqueue permanently
leaks one kmalloc-128 allocation.

The iio_buffer_cleanup() work item only releases the temporary reference
taken during completion signalling by iio_buffer_signal_dmabuf_done();
the initial reference from dma_fence_init() is never released.

With four iio_rwdev instances at 240kHz and 512 samples per buffer,
this produces ~1875 kmalloc-128 allocations per second matching the
observed slab growth exactly. A test with ftrace confirmed that the
dma_fence_destroy event was never triggered.

Fix by calling dma_fence_put() after dma_resv_add_fence(), transferring
ownership of the fence to the DMA reservation object. The DMA fence then
gets properly discarded after being signalled.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-21 13:35:46 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071950-CVE-2026-63929-42fb@gregkh/T


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