ghsa-qm87-7cr9-ff26
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel
When we get a DMA channel and try to use it in multiple threads it will cause oops and hanging the system.
% echo 64 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/threads_per_chan % echo 10000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run [ 89.480664] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0 [ 89.488725] Oops [#1] [ 89.494708] CPU: 2 PID: 1008 Comm: dma0chan0-copy0 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5 [ 89.509385] epc : vchan_find_desc+0x32/0x46 [ 89.513553] ra : sf_pdma_tx_status+0xca/0xd6
This happens because of data race. Each thread rewrite channels's descriptor as soon as device_prep_dma_memcpy() is called. It leads to the situation when the driver thinks that it uses right descriptor that actually is freed or substituted for other one.
With current fixes a descriptor changes its value only when it has been used. A new descriptor is acquired from vc->desc_issued queue that is already filled with descriptors that are ready to be sent. Threads have no direct access to DMA channel descriptor. Now it is just possible to queue a descriptor for further processing.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-50145"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T11:15:44Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel\n\nWhen we get a DMA channel and try to use it in multiple threads it\nwill cause oops and hanging the system.\n\n% echo 64 \u003e /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/threads_per_chan\n% echo 10000 \u003e /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations\n% echo 1 \u003e /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run\n[ 89.480664] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual\n address 00000000000000a0\n[ 89.488725] Oops [#1]\n[ 89.494708] CPU: 2 PID: 1008 Comm: dma0chan0-copy0 Not tainted\n 5.17.0-rc5\n[ 89.509385] epc : vchan_find_desc+0x32/0x46\n[ 89.513553] ra : sf_pdma_tx_status+0xca/0xd6\n\nThis happens because of data race. Each thread rewrite channels\u0027s\ndescriptor as soon as device_prep_dma_memcpy() is called. It leads to the\nsituation when the driver thinks that it uses right descriptor that\nactually is freed or substituted for other one.\n\nWith current fixes a descriptor changes its value only when it has\nbeen used. A new descriptor is acquired from vc-\u003edesc_issued queue that\nis already filled with descriptors that are ready to be sent. Threads\nhave no direct access to DMA channel descriptor. Now it is just possible\nto queue a descriptor for further processing.",
"id": "GHSA-qm87-7cr9-ff26",
"modified": "2025-06-18T12:30:51Z",
"published": "2025-06-18T12:30:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50145"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7350b1dd8a192af844de32fc99b9e34c876fda"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab2782c944e324008ef5d658f2494a9f0e3c5ac"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a93b3f1e11971a91b6441b6d47488f4492cc113f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2cc5c465c2cb8ab697c3fd6583c614e3f6cfbcc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b4992f897be9b0b9e3a3b956cab6b75ccc3f11"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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