dmaengine: mmp_pdma: fix wrong sg length in mmp_pdma_prep_slave_sg()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The mmp_pdma DMA engine driver in the Linux kernel is affected from 3.7 before the fixed versions listed in the solution. The function mmp_pdma_prep_slave_sg() reads the length of the first scatterlist entry for every entry, so the length of each later entry is wrong. Lists with a shorter later entry cause reads past the end of the buffer, and lists with a longer later entry lose data silently. Uniformly sized lists hide the problem.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: mmp_pdma: fix wrong sg length in mmp_pdma_prep_slave_sg() In mmp_pdma_prep_slave_sg(), for_each_sg() iterates the scatterlist putting each entry into 'sg', but the entry length is read from 'sgl' (the list head) instead of 'sg' (the current entry): for_each_sg(sgl, sg, sg_len, i) { addr = sg_dma_address(sg); avail = sg_dma_len(sgl); /* should be 'sg' */ Consequently 'avail' is always the length of the first entry. For multi-sg lists this causes out-of-bounds reads when a later entry is shorter than the first, and silent data loss when it is longer. Single-sg or uniformly-sized lists happen to mask the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
The Linux kernel is fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8 and 7.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is affected, and the sources list no fixed version for it.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98298
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-262v-749m-59x9
- 2026-10-11 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-11 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f448a5f5bd10d792440a1b08cf2e8f311767032d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2148db529f082d6e3ca95413bf943442f4ef30cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d920c07aa6d89ec11afdb6976aafaee9563a5234
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a33886057e6d127555efb022879c583e966acc5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a505330eb06128f7ce79a4c5e4832b7601b3d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bae65e4925928f77824ca0103122e2ed20ef5802
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ccc01012a240476edf641bf1a2b8bff54fe6ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/075bc7b1d3dde5ed43fbaabbc1a69f09b7fc3a47
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98298 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98298 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-262v-749m-59x9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98298 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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