CVE-2023-53014: dmaengine: tegra: Fix memory leak in terminate_all()

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: tegra: Fix memory leak in terminate_all() Terminate vdesc when terminating an ongoing transfer. This will ensure that the vdesc is present in the desc_terminated list The descriptor will be freed later in desc_free_list(). This fixes the memory leaks which can happen when terminating an ongoing transfer.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.19 before 6.1.9; 6.2-rc1, 6.2-rc2, 6.2-rc3, 6.2-rc4 — fixed in 6.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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