dmaengine: tegra: Fix burst size calculation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: tegra: Fix burst size calculation Currently, the Tegra GPC DMA hardware requires the transfer length to be a multiple of the max burst size configured for the channel. When a client requests a transfer where the length is not evenly divisible by the configured max burst size, the DMA hangs with partial burst at the end. Fix this by reducing the burst size to the largest power-of-2 value that evenly divides the transfer length. For example, a 40-byte transfer with a 16-byte max burst will now use an 8-byte burst (40 / 8 = 5 complete bursts) instead of causing a hang. This issue was observed with the PL011 UART driver where TX DMA transfers of arbitrary lengths were stuck.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72149
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjfr-vvvg-vj2f
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-19 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/735951baa311c66353405dcac39375dd66441db0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0f5de1091119679d87f60dfb1acbff4b2a0ed3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b76b54e06d73166af4d1a284a0e0711889060c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7926c1e4be86379945fb5f168888ac4d2aaf6c91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e37e9e230c7e848bd8e8cd4db15bb18bcf11ad1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4651df83b6c796daead3447e8fd874322918ee4f
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72149 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72149 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jjfr-vvvg-vj2f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72149 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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