CVE-2026-72146 (GCVE-0-2026-72146)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:53
Modified
2026-08-19 16:36
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Move interrupt request after everything is set up
Once the interrupt is requested, the interrupt handler may run immediately.
Since the IRQ handler can access channel->ch_base, which is initialized
only after requesting the IRQ, this may lead to invalid memory access.
Likewise, the IRQ thread may access uninitialized data (the ld_free,
ld_queue, and ld_active lists), which may also lead to issues.
Request the interrupts only after everything is set up. To keep the error
path simpler, use dmam_alloc_coherent() instead of dma_alloc_coherent().
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 Version: 5000d37042a61ca556fde2782ca40dbfa802ea16 |
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