dmaengine: idxd: Fix memory leak when a wq is reset
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix memory leak when a wq is reset idxd_wq_disable_cleanup() which is called from the reset path for a workqueue, sets the wq type to NONE, which for other parts of the driver mean that the wq is empty (all its resources were released). Only set the wq type to NONE after its resources are released.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
643 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix memory leak when a wq is reset idxd_wq_disable_cleanup() which is called from the reset path for a workqueue, sets the wq type to NONE, which for other parts of the driver mean that the wq is empty (all its resources were released). Only set the wq type to NONE after its resources are released.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3d3ac57e3c52b570b8c695903306bff07e04c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c1504e0e76bcfb93991fd94288a83e05d13b51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d77cc0c40ca2f894859dc7b3c52997574f1a2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a16098a2f0c11ee5e04e23aa7478ca1fcfb0f658
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e7815d38629bcf59d3005001f1f315424a58de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9cfb5193a047a92a4d3c0e91ea4cc87c8f7c478
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/31xxx/CVE-2026-31441.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31441