CVE-2025-71162 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efd07a7c36949e6fa36a69183df24d368bf9e96
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2c9c4bb1322cc3c9984ad17db8cdd2663879ca

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free A use-after-free bug exists in the Tegra ADMA driver when audio streams are terminated, particularly during XRUN conditions. The issue occurs when the DMA buffer is freed by tegra_adma_terminate_all() before the vchan completion tasklet finishes accessing it. The race condition follows this sequence: 1. DMA transfer completes, triggering an interrupt that schedules the completion tasklet (tasklet has not executed yet) 2. Audio playback stops, calling tegra_adma_terminate_all() which frees the DMA buffer memory via kfree() 3. The scheduled tasklet finally executes, calling vchan_complete() which attempts to access the already-freed memory Since tasklets can execute at any time after being scheduled, there is no guarantee that the buffer will remain valid when vchan_complete() runs. Fix this by properly synchronizing the virtual channel completion: - Calling vchan_terminate_vdesc() in tegra_adma_stop() to mark the descriptors as terminated instead of freeing the descriptor. - Add the callback tegra_adma_synchronize() that calls vchan_synchronize() which kills any pending tasklets and frees any terminated descriptors. Crash logs: [ 337.427523] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0 [ 337.427544] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000132055428 by task swapper/0/0 [ 337.427562] Call trace: [ 337.427564] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x320 [ 337.427571] show_stack+0x20/0x30 [ 337.427575] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84 [ 337.427584] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2b8 [ 337.427590] kasan_report+0x1f4/0x210 [ 337.427598] __asan_load8+0xa0/0xd0 [ 337.427603] vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0 [ 337.427609] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x190/0x1d0 [ 337.427617] tasklet_action+0x30/0x40 [ 337.427623] __do_softirq+0x1a0/0x5c4 [ 337.427628] irq_exit+0x110/0x140 [ 337.427633] handle_domain_irq+0xa4/0xe0 [ 337.427640] gic_handle_irq+0x64/0x160 [ 337.427644] call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x4c [ 337.427649] do_interrupt_handler+0x7c/0x90 [ 337.427654] el1_interrupt+0x30/0x80 [ 337.427659] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x30 [ 337.427663] el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80 [ 337.427667] cpuidle_enter_state+0xe4/0x540 [ 337.427674] cpuidle_enter+0x54/0x80 [ 337.427679] do_idle+0x2e0/0x380 [ 337.427685] cpu_startup_entry+0x2c/0x70 [ 337.427690] rest_init+0x114/0x130 [ 337.427695] arch_call_rest_init+0x18/0x24 [ 337.427702] start_kernel+0x380/0x3b4 [ 337.427706] __primary_switched+0xc0/0xc8
Title		dmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efd07a7c36949e6fa36a69183df24d368bf9e96 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2c9c4bb1322cc3c9984ad17db8cdd2663879ca

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-71162", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:30:19.666Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-25T14:36:09.029Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-01-25T14:36:09.029Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-01-25T14:36:09.029Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free\n\nA use-after-free bug exists in the Tegra ADMA driver when audio streams\nare terminated, particularly during XRUN conditions. The issue occurs\nwhen the DMA buffer is freed by tegra_adma_terminate_all() before the\nvchan completion tasklet finishes accessing it.\n\nThe race condition follows this sequence:\n\n 1. DMA transfer completes, triggering an interrupt that schedules the\n completion tasklet (tasklet has not executed yet)\n 2. Audio playback stops, calling tegra_adma_terminate_all() which\n frees the DMA buffer memory via kfree()\n 3. The scheduled tasklet finally executes, calling vchan_complete()\n which attempts to access the already-freed memory\n\nSince tasklets can execute at any time after being scheduled, there is\nno guarantee that the buffer will remain valid when vchan_complete()\nruns.\n\nFix this by properly synchronizing the virtual channel completion:\n - Calling vchan_terminate_vdesc() in tegra_adma_stop() to mark the\n descriptors as terminated instead of freeing the descriptor.\n - Add the callback tegra_adma_synchronize() that calls\n vchan_synchronize() which kills any pending tasklets and frees any\n terminated descriptors.\n\nCrash logs:\n[ 337.427523] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0\n[ 337.427544] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000132055428 by task swapper/0/0\n\n[ 337.427562] Call trace:\n[ 337.427564] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x320\n[ 337.427571] show_stack+0x20/0x30\n[ 337.427575] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84\n[ 337.427584] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2b8\n[ 337.427590] kasan_report+0x1f4/0x210\n[ 337.427598] __asan_load8+0xa0/0xd0\n[ 337.427603] vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0\n[ 337.427609] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x190/0x1d0\n[ 337.427617] tasklet_action+0x30/0x40\n[ 337.427623] __do_softirq+0x1a0/0x5c4\n[ 337.427628] irq_exit+0x110/0x140\n[ 337.427633] handle_domain_irq+0xa4/0xe0\n[ 337.427640] gic_handle_irq+0x64/0x160\n[ 337.427644] call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x4c\n[ 337.427649] do_interrupt_handler+0x7c/0x90\n[ 337.427654] el1_interrupt+0x30/0x80\n[ 337.427659] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x30\n[ 337.427663] el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80\n[ 337.427667] cpuidle_enter_state+0xe4/0x540\n[ 337.427674] cpuidle_enter+0x54/0x80\n[ 337.427679] do_idle+0x2e0/0x380\n[ 337.427685] cpu_startup_entry+0x2c/0x70\n[ 337.427690] rest_init+0x114/0x130\n[ 337.427695] arch_call_rest_init+0x18/0x24\n[ 337.427702] start_kernel+0x380/0x3b4\n[ 337.427706] __primary_switched+0xc0/0xc8"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/dma/tegra210-adma.c"], "versions": [{"version": "f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755", "lessThan": "cb2c9c4bb1322cc3c9984ad17db8cdd2663879ca", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755", "lessThan": "be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755", "lessThan": "2efd07a7c36949e6fa36a69183df24d368bf9e96", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/dma/tegra210-adma.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4.7", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "4.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.67", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19-rc6", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.67"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.7"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19-rc6"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2c9c4bb1322cc3c9984ad17db8cdd2663879ca"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efd07a7c36949e6fa36a69183df24d368bf9e96"}], "title": "dmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free\n\nA use-after-free bug exists in the Tegra ADMA driver when audio streams\nare terminated, particularly during XRUN conditions. The issue occurs\nwhen the DMA buffer is freed by tegra_adma_terminate_all() before the\nvchan completion tasklet finishes accessing it.\n\nThe race condition follows this sequence:\n\n 1. DMA transfer completes, triggering an interrupt that schedules the\n completion tasklet (tasklet has not executed yet)\n 2. Audio playback stops, calling tegra_adma_terminate_all() which\n frees the DMA buffer memory via kfree()\n 3. The scheduled tasklet finally executes, calling vchan_complete()\n which attempts to access the already-freed memory\n\nSince tasklets can execute at any time after being scheduled, there is\nno guarantee that the buffer will remain valid when vchan_complete()\nruns.\n\nFix this by properly synchronizing the virtual channel completion:\n - Calling vchan_terminate_vdesc() in tegra_adma_stop() to mark the\n descriptors as terminated instead of freeing the descriptor.\n - Add the callback tegra_adma_synchronize() that calls\n vchan_synchronize() which kills any pending tasklets and frees any\n terminated descriptors.\n\nCrash logs:\n[ 337.427523] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0\n[ 337.427544] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000132055428 by task swapper/0/0\n\n[ 337.427562] Call trace:\n[ 337.427564] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x320\n[ 337.427571] show_stack+0x20/0x30\n[ 337.427575] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84\n[ 337.427584] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2b8\n[ 337.427590] kasan_report+0x1f4/0x210\n[ 337.427598] __asan_load8+0xa0/0xd0\n[ 337.427603] vchan_complete+0x124/0x3b0\n[ 337.427609] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x190/0x1d0\n[ 337.427617] tasklet_action+0x30/0x40\n[ 337.427623] __do_softirq+0x1a0/0x5c4\n[ 337.427628] irq_exit+0x110/0x140\n[ 337.427633] handle_domain_irq+0xa4/0xe0\n[ 337.427640] gic_handle_irq+0x64/0x160\n[ 337.427644] call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x4c\n[ 337.427649] do_interrupt_handler+0x7c/0x90\n[ 337.427654] el1_interrupt+0x30/0x80\n[ 337.427659] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x30\n[ 337.427663] el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80\n[ 337.427667] cpuidle_enter_state+0xe4/0x540\n[ 337.427674] cpuidle_enter+0x54/0x80\n[ 337.427679] do_idle+0x2e0/0x380\n[ 337.427685] cpu_startup_entry+0x2c/0x70\n[ 337.427690] rest_init+0x114/0x130\n[ 337.427695] arch_call_rest_init+0x18/0x24\n[ 337.427702] start_kernel+0x380/0x3b4\n[ 337.427706] __primary_switched+0xc0/0xc8"}], "id": "CVE-2025-71162", "lastModified": "2026-01-25T15:15:53.947", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-01-25T15:15:53.947", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efd07a7c36949e6fa36a69183df24d368bf9e96"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2c9c4bb1322cc3c9984ad17db8cdd2663879ca"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

Metrics

Affected Vendors & Products

Metrics

Affected Vendors & Products

JSON object

JSON object

JSON object

JSON object

JSON object