Bug 2516341 (CVE-2026-72475) - CVE-2026-72475 kernel: dmaengine: dma-axi-dmac: Properly free struct axi_dmac_desc
Summary: CVE-2026-72475 kernel: dmaengine: dma-axi-dmac: Properly free struct axi_dmac...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72475
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 14:15 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:07:26 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: dma-axi-dmac: Properly free struct axi_dmac_desc

Use axi_dmac_free_desc() to free fully the descriptor at fail path when
call axi_dmac_alloc_desc() in axi_dmac_prep_peripheral_dma_vec().
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-19 14:10:17 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081535-CVE-2026-72475-7486@gregkh/T
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