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CVE-2026-64149
dma-mapping: move dma_map_resource() sanity check into debug code
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-mapping: move dma_map_resource() sanity check into debug code dma_map_resource() uses pfn_valid() to ensure the range is not RAM. However, pfn_valid() only checks for availability of the memory map for a PFN but it does not ensure that the PFN is actually backed by RAM. On ARM64 with SPARSEMEM (128MB section granularity), MMIO addresses that share a section with RAM will falsely trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE and cause dma_map_resource() to return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR. This causes a WARNING on Raspberry Pi 4 during spi_bcm2835 probe because the SPI FIFO register (0xfe204004) falls in the same sparsemem section as the end of RAM (0xf8000000-0xfbffffff), both in section 31 (0xf8000000-0xffffffff). Move the sanity check from dma_map_resource() into debug_dma_map_phys() and replace the unreliable pfn_valid() with pfn_valid() && !PageReserved(), which correctly identifies actual usable RAM without false positives for MMIO regions that happen to have struct pages. Since dma_map_resource() is dma_map_phys(DMA_ATTR_MMIO), the check applies equally to both APIs. Any non-reserved page represents kernel memory to a sufficient degree that using DMA_ATTR_MMIO on it is almost certainly wrong and risks breaking coherency on non-coherent platforms. ZONE_DEVICE pages used for PCI P2P DMA (MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA) have PageReserved set, so they will not trigger a false positive. The check no longer blocks the mapping and uses err_printk() to integrate with dma-debug filtering.

INFO

Published Date :

July 19, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 19, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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Solution
Update the Linux kernel to fix a DMA mapping issue affecting ARM64 systems.
  • Update the Linux kernel to the latest stable version.
  • Apply the provided patch to resolve the DMA mapping issue.
  • Verify system stability after the kernel update.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/004a777879ff629f6e0ca3d09ad09fa3452bcc4d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181e67bc11c5ec5b87c6c512c2078752b23ca8d4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0c3f05866237f7592219bfe05387bc3bfc99b5
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jul. 19, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'f7326196a781622b33bfbdabb00f5e72b5fb5679', 'lessThan': '181e67bc11c5ec5b87c6c512c2078752b23ca8d4', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'f7326196a781622b33bfbdabb00f5e72b5fb5679', 'lessThan': '004a777879ff629f6e0ca3d09ad09fa3452bcc4d', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'f7326196a781622b33bfbdabb00f5e72b5fb5679', 'lessThan': 'af0c3f05866237f7592219bfe05387bc3bfc99b5', 'versionType': 'git'}], 'programFiles': ['kernel/dma/debug.c', 'kernel/dma/mapping.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '6.18'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '6.18', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.34', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.0.11', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.0.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['kernel/dma/debug.c', 'kernel/dma/mapping.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}]
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-mapping: move dma_map_resource() sanity check into debug code dma_map_resource() uses pfn_valid() to ensure the range is not RAM. However, pfn_valid() only checks for availability of the memory map for a PFN but it does not ensure that the PFN is actually backed by RAM. On ARM64 with SPARSEMEM (128MB section granularity), MMIO addresses that share a section with RAM will falsely trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE and cause dma_map_resource() to return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR. This causes a WARNING on Raspberry Pi 4 during spi_bcm2835 probe because the SPI FIFO register (0xfe204004) falls in the same sparsemem section as the end of RAM (0xf8000000-0xfbffffff), both in section 31 (0xf8000000-0xffffffff). Move the sanity check from dma_map_resource() into debug_dma_map_phys() and replace the unreliable pfn_valid() with pfn_valid() && !PageReserved(), which correctly identifies actual usable RAM without false positives for MMIO regions that happen to have struct pages. Since dma_map_resource() is dma_map_phys(DMA_ATTR_MMIO), the check applies equally to both APIs. Any non-reserved page represents kernel memory to a sufficient degree that using DMA_ATTR_MMIO on it is almost certainly wrong and risks breaking coherency on non-coherent platforms. ZONE_DEVICE pages used for PCI P2P DMA (MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA) have PageReserved set, so they will not trigger a false positive. The check no longer blocks the mapping and uses err_printk() to integrate with dma-debug filtering.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/004a777879ff629f6e0ca3d09ad09fa3452bcc4d
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181e67bc11c5ec5b87c6c512c2078752b23ca8d4
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0c3f05866237f7592219bfe05387bc3bfc99b5
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