{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2025-71221",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-71221"
  ],
  "published": "2026-02-14T16:28:50Z",
  "summary": "dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()\n\nAdd proper locking in mmp_pdma_residue() to prevent use-after-free when\naccessing descriptor list and descriptor contents.\n\nThe race occurs when multiple threads call tx_status() while the tasklet\non another CPU is freeing completed descriptors:\n\nCPU 0                              CPU 1\n-----                              -----\nmmp_pdma_tx_status()\nmmp_pdma_residue()\n  -> NO LOCK held\n     list_for_each_entry(sw, ..)\n                                   DMA interrupt\n                                   dma_do_tasklet()\n                                     -> spin_lock(&desc_lock)\n                                        list_move(sw->node, ...)\n                                        spin_unlock(&desc_lock)\n  |                                     dma_pool_free(sw) <- FREED!\n  -> access sw->desc <- UAF!\n\nThis issue can be reproduced when running dmatest on the same channel with\nmultiple threads (threads_per_chan > 1).\n\nFix by protecting the chain_running list iteration and descriptor access\nwith the chan->desc_lock spinlock.",
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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71221"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f0e0e2d9e752570041e95fd04635e2580097819"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb5e05227745de43b7fd589721817a4337c970d"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc023b8fab057f0c910856ff36d3e12a30b7af4a"
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    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a143545855bc2c6e1330f6f57ae375ac44af00a7"
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    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T12:19:11Z"
  }
}