Unspecified impact via modified DMA handle
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Improper DMA-handle management in Linux 4.20 through 7.1.4 allows attackers to cause unspecified impact in the NTB transport. drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c aligned the DMA address for a memory window, stored only that adjusted value, and later passed it to dma_free_attrs instead of the allocation function's original handle. The affected path requires an NTB device and an allocation whose DMA address needs alignment; the Linux CVE record does not state the resulting operational consequence.
Summary
What happened
Improper DMA-handle management in Linux 4.20 through 7.1.4 allows attackers to cause unspecified impact in the NTB transport. drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c aligned the DMA address for a memory window, stored only that adjusted value, and later passed it to dma_free_attrs instead of the allocation function's original handle. The affected path requires an NTB device and an allocation whose DMA address needs alignment; the Linux CVE record does not state the resulting operational consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80884
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.20
- Affected versionversion=fc5d1829f9bf3d8275322727c0e9a8baf268b7c6 <10662aafce4acd52278c942d0a5b3993594017b9
- Affected versionversion=fc5d1829f9bf3d8275322727c0e9a8baf268b7c6 <da6d997ac556479c112554ab5d95cbd04683eb11
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