CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2026-31436
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.46%
Linux
Original NVD Description
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.
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