CVE-2024-40991

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's DMA engine component due to an issue in the of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() helper function. It incorrectly invoked the of_node_put() function on the udmax_np device-node without first incrementing its reference count, which could lead to potential issues in resource management.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not vulnerable to this CVE, as it does not affect the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions.

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