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dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get()

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get()

The first time dma_chan_get() is called for a channel the channel
client_count is incorrectly incremented twice for public channels,
first in balance_ref_count(), and again prior to returning. This
results in an incorrect client count which will lead to the
channel resources not being freed when they should be. A simple
test of repeated module load and unload of async_tx on a Dell
Power Edge R7425 also shows this resulting in a kref underflow
warning.

[ 124.329662] async_tx: api initialized (async)
[ 129.000627] async_tx: api initialized (async)
[ 130.047839] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 130.052472] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
[ 130.057279] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 19364 at lib/refcount.c:28
refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[ 130.065811] Modules linked in: async_tx(-) rfkill intel_rapl_msr
intel_rapl_common amd64_edac edac_mce_amd ipmi_ssif kvm_amd dcdbas kvm
mgag200 drm_shmem_helper acpi_ipmi irqbypass drm_kms_helper ipmi_si
syscopyarea sysfillrect rapl pcspkr ipmi_devintf sysimgblt fb_sys_fops
k10temp i2c_piix4 ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter acpi_cpufreq vfat
fat drm fuse xfs libcrc32c sd_mod t10_pi sg ahci crct10dif_pclmul
libahci crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel igb megaraid_sas
i40e libata i2c_algo_bit ccp sp5100_tco dca dm_mirror dm_region_hash
dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: async_tx]
[ 130.117361] CPU: 3 PID: 19364 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Not
tainted 5.14.0-185.el9.x86_64 #1
[ 130.126091] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7425/02MJ3T, BIOS
1.18.0 01/17/2022
[ 130.133806] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[ 130.139041] Code: 01 01 e8 6d bd 55 00 0f 0b e9 72 9d 8a 00 80 3d
26 18 9c 01 00 75 85 48 c7 c7 f8 a3 03 9d c6 05 16 18 9c 01 01 e8 4a
bd 55 00 <0f> 0b e9 4f 9d 8a 00 80 3d 01 18 9c 01 00 0f 85 5e ff ff ff
48 c7
[ 130.157807] RSP: 0018:ffffbf98898afe68 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 130.163036] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9da06028e598 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 130.170172] RDX: ffff9daf9de26480 RSI: ffff9daf9de198a0 RDI: ffff9daf9de198a0
[ 130.177316] RBP: ffff9da7cddf3970 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffff7fff
[ 130.184459] R10: ffffbf98898afd00 R11: ffffffff9d9e8c28 R12: ffff9da7cddf1970
[ 130.191596] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 130.198739] FS: 00007f646435c740(0000) GS:ffff9daf9de00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 130.206832] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 130.212586] CR2: 00007f6463b214f0 CR3: 00000008ab98c000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
[ 130.219729] Call Trace:
[ 130.222192] <TASK>
[ 130.224305] dma_chan_put+0x10d/0x110
[ 130.227988] dmaengine_put+0x7a/0xa0
[ 130.231575] __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280
[ 130.237157] ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x145/0x1d0
[ 130.242652] do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
[ 130.246240] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
[ 130.250178] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[ 130.255243] RIP: 0033:0x7f6463a3f5ab
[ 130.258830] Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 75 a8 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 b0 00 00
00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 45 a8 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89
01 48
[ 130.277591] RSP: 002b:00007fff22f972c8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX:
00000000000000b0
[ 130.285164] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b6786edd40 RCX: 00007f6463a3f5ab
[ 130.292303] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000800 RDI: 000055b6786edda8
[ 130.299443] RBP: 000055b6786edd40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 130.306584] R10: 00007f6463b9eac0 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 000055b6786edda8
[ 130.313731] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000055b6786edda8 R15: 00007fff22f995f8
[ 130.320875] </TASK>
[ 130.323081] ---[ end trace eff7156d56b5cf25 ]---

cat /sys/class/dma/dma0chan*/in_use would get the wrong result.
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Test-by: Jie Hai <haijie1@huawei.com>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.0 4.14.305

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.11-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-70.77 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1034.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1036.43 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1036.43.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1032.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1031.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1028.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1033.39 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1027.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-147.164 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1100.108 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1034.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1106.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1036.43~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1062.68 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1103.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1032.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-70.77~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1047.52 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1089.95 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1099.108 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1033.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1083.94 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1031.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1024.28 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-209.220 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1154.167 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1100.108~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1163.178 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1106.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1148.164 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1103.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-147.164~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1047.52~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1138.143 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1117.128 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1099.108~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1083.94~18.04.1 —
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1024.29 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1036.39 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1100.108+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1106.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1075.84 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1103.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2093.99 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2072.78 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1109.120 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2056.61 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1154.167~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1163.178~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1148.164~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-209.220~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1117.128~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1163.178~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.258.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.258.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_68 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.305-227.531 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2025-2837
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.305-227.531.amzn2 ALAS2-2025-2837

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