High severity · published Jan 25, 2026
CVE-2025-71162
dmaengine: tegra-adma: Fix use-after-free
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.7 before 5.10.249; 5.11 before 5.15.199; 5.16 before 6.1.162; 6.2 before 6.6.122; 6.7 before 6.12.67; 6.13 before 6.18.7; +5 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755 before 5f8d1d66a952d0396671e1f21ff8127a4d14fb4e; f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755 before 76992310f80776b4d1f7f8915f59b92883a3e44c; f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755 before ae3eed72de682ddbba507ed2d6b848c21a6b721e; f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755 before 59cb421b0902fbef2b9512ae8ba198a20f26b41f; f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755 before cb2c9c4bb1322cc3c9984ad17db8cdd2663879ca; f46b195799b5cb05338e7c44cb3617eacb56d755 before be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4; +2 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71162
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71162
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efd07a7c36949e6fa36a69183df24d368bf9e96
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59cb421b0902fbef2b9512ae8ba198a20f26b41f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f8d1d66a952d0396671e1f21ff8127a4d14fb4e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76992310f80776b4d1f7f8915f59b92883a3e44c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3eed72de682ddbba507ed2d6b848c21a6b721e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be655c3736b3546f39bc8116ffbf2a3b6cac96c4
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