CVE-2026-89994 (GCVE-0-2026-89994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 10:33 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
dmaengine: fsl-edma: tracing: no ptr dereference during log output
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: fsl-edma: tracing: no ptr dereference during log output
The fsl edma events store a pointer to a struct fsl_edma_engine in the
ringbuffer and dereference it when a log entry is printed. At this time,
the pointer may no longer be valid.
Event injection can be used to trigger a crash:
$ cd /sys/kernel/tracing
$ echo 'value = 0' > events/fsl_edma/edma_writeb/inject
$ cat trace
The log output needs only edma->membase. Add a membase field at the end
of the event and use the new field for log output. Keep the existing
fields for backward compatibility.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
11102d0c343ba06ddd303f2503c0ce46d70052f2 , < ef02cd3807f39ae1dbc924788d8fa6a85334c435
(git)
Affected: 11102d0c343ba06ddd303f2503c0ce46d70052f2 , < d382aaf5fed38c6dd2e0cc710d97cb81d660ffa7 (git) Affected: 11102d0c343ba06ddd303f2503c0ce46d70052f2 , < 2a3801ae5c344473e648006c5b03a9216ac54a6a (git) Affected: 11102d0c343ba06ddd303f2503c0ce46d70052f2 , < 2ea04dca8e627f722caa7a2037cfbae0257f3501 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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