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CVE-2026-98324

Linux: dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
7.8High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.13%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in1de93785f32b450e9eae1e4fcfb7d03eb49eb27eFixed versionCVE List
Published6 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 1de93785f32b450e9eae1e4fcfb7d03eb49eb27eLinuxCVE List

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Description

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

dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors

pxad_alloc_desc() was converted from

kzalloc(struct_size(sw_desc, hw_desc, nb_hw_desc), GFP_NOWAIT)

to kzalloc_flex(), which sets the __counted_by() counter sw_desc->nb_desc itself - but only where the compiler has __builtin_counted_by_ref(), so from gcc 15.1 or clang 22.1 on. The loop below it still increments nb_desc, which makes it come out doubled there and correct elsewhere.

nb_desc is what pxad_free_desc() iterates over and what set_updater_desc() indexes from, so set it explicitly and drop the increment. The error path has to lower it to the number of descriptors allocated so far, otherwise pxad_free_desc() would free entries that were never allocated.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f before 1de93785f32b450e9eae1e4fcfb7d03eb49eb27eCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f before f6504be006aa4bb4bd26285f410a885c17920d65CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7.0CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.0CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.8 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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