CVE-2026-314369.8CriticalCWE-758

CVE-2026-31436: dmaengine: idxd: fix possible wrong descriptor completion in llist_abort_desc()

Linux

Vendor fix available · Affected: Linux · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

40th percentile

050100

Higher than 40% of scored CVEs

9.8CriticalCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix possible wrong descriptor completion in llist_abort_desc() At the end of this function, d is the traversal cursor of flist, but the code completes found instead. This can lead to issues such as NULL pointer dereferences, double completion, or descriptor leaks. Fix this by completing d instead of found in the final list_for_each_entry_safe() loop.

Affected products2

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Linux · LinuxVersions not stated
Linux · Linux6.8

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior · Input Validation and Logic
Vendor: Linux
Published: April 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), April 2026

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