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CVE-2024-46716

kernel: dmaengine: altera-msgdma: properly free descriptor in msgdma_free_descriptor

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 18, 2024

Updated · September 13, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's dmaengine: altera-msgdma component. This vulnerability occurs due to improper handling of descriptor freeing, where certain descriptors are not correctly removed from a list. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a resource leak, potentially leading to a denial of service (DoS) on the system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free