CVE-2026-63929
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
iio: buffer: Fix DMA fence leak in iio_buffer_enqueue_dmabuf()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: Fix DMA fence leak in iio_buffer_enqueue_dmabuf() iio_buffer_enqueue_dmabuf() allocates a struct iio_dma_fence (104 bytes, kmalloc-128) via kmalloc_obj()+dma_fence_init(), which sets the initial kref to 1. It then calls dma_resv_add_fence() which takes a second reference (kref=2), and stores a raw pointer in block->fence. On the success path the function returns without calling dma_fence_put() to release the initial reference, so every buffer enqueue permanently leaks one kmalloc-128 allocation. The iio_buffer_cleanup() work item only releases the temporary reference taken during completion signalling by iio_buffer_signal_dmabuf_done(); the initial reference from dma_fence_init() is never released. With four iio_rwdev instances at 240kHz and 512 samples per buffer, this produces ~1875 kmalloc-128 allocations per second matching the observed slab growth exactly. A test with ftrace confirmed that the dma_fence_destroy event was never triggered. Fix by calling dma_fence_put() after dma_resv_add_fence(), transferring ownership of the fence to the DMA reservation object. The DMA fence then gets properly discarded after being signalled.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f | affected | git | 9678aeed8b77d495a417dd057d479f3733094019 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f | affected | git | 3412a95afaa5d3262008dfc34f3c7be33d8151dc | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f | affected | git | 96cdeaba6a008503455b78a9641c05c2a886a7ec | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f | affected | git | a093999355084bdbfe6e97f1dd232e58a1525f0b | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.11 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.11 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.93 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.35 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.0.12 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.* | None listed |
| 7.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |