CVE-2023-54020
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: sf-pdma: pdma_desc memory leak fix
Commit b2cc5c465c2c ("dmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel") changed sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy() to unconditionally allocate a new sf_pdma_desc each time it is called.
The driver previously recycled descs, by checking the in_use flag, only allocating additional descs if the existing one was in use. This logic was removed in commit b2cc5c465c2c ("dmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel"), but sf_pdma_free_desc() was not changed to handle the new behaviour.
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As a result, each time sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy() is called, the previous descriptor is leaked, over time leading to memory starvation:
Add the missing kfree() to sf_pdma_free_desc(), and remove the redundant in_use flag.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
unreferenced object 0xffffffe008447300 (size 192):
comm "irq/39-mchp_dsc", pid 343, jiffies 4294906910 (age 981.200s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 b8 c1 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 70 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 00 00 ..p.............
backtrace:
[<00000000064a04f4>] kmemleak_alloc+0x1e/0x28
[<00000000018927a7>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x11e/0x178
[<000000002aea8d16>] sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy+0x40/0x112CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.19%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 8
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
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