A AegiFlow
HIGHCVSS 7.8

CVE-2024-40956

CVE-2024-40956 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-08-06
Sources
nvd

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to allow iterating through the list and deleting the entry in the iteration process. The descriptor is freed via idxd_desc_complete() and there's a slight chance may cause issue for the list iterator when the descriptor is reused by another thread without it being deleted from the list.

References

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