Answer in brief
CVE-2024-46716 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in dmaengine: altera-msgdma: properly free descriptor in msgdma_free_descriptor. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=a85c6f1b2921cbd2f54666a52804f407c4a064fe <a3480e59fdbe5585d2d1eff0bed7671583acf725 || >=a85c6f1b2921cbd2f54666a52804f407c4a064fe <20bf2920a869f9dbda0ef8c94c87d1901a64a716 || >=a85c6f1b2921cbd2f54666a52804f407c4a064fe <db67686676c7becc1910bf1d6d51505876821863 || >=a85c6f1b2921cbd2f54666a52804f407c4a064fe <54e4ada1a4206f878e345ae01cf37347d803d1b1 | a3480e59fdbe5585d2d1eff0bed7671583acf725, 20bf2920a869f9dbda0ef8c94c87d1901a64a716, db67686676c7becc1910bf1d6d51505876821863, 54e4ada1a4206f878e345ae01cf37347d803d1b1 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.14 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 18, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: altera-msgdma: properly free descriptor in msgdma_free_descriptor Remove list_del call in msgdma_chan_desc_cleanup, this should be the role of msgdma_free_descriptor. In consequence replace list_add_tail with list_move_tail in msgdma_free_descriptor. This fixes the path: msgdma_free_chan_resources -> msgdma_free_descriptors -> msgdma_free_desc_list -> msgdma_free_descriptor which does not correctly free the descriptors as first nodes were not removed from the list.
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