CVE-2026-31442 HIGH

CVE-2026-31442: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible invalid memory access after FLR

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Published April 22, 2026
Last update May 11, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible invalid memory access after FLR In the case that the first Function Level Reset (FLR) concludes correctly, but in the second FLR the scratch area for the saved configuration cannot be allocated, it's possible for a invalid memory access to happen. Always set the deallocated scratch area to NULL after FLR completes.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 22, 2026 CVE published
May 11, 2026 Record updated