{"cve":"CVE-2024-46716","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-18T07:15:03.183","modified":"2026-08-04T11:20:17.953","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: altera-msgdma: properly free descriptor in msgdma_free_descriptor\n\nRemove list_del call in msgdma_chan_desc_cleanup, this should be the role\nof msgdma_free_descriptor. In consequence replace list_add_tail with\nlist_move_tail in msgdma_free_descriptor.\n\nThis fixes the path:\n   msgdma_free_chan_resources -> msgdma_free_descriptors ->\n   msgdma_free_desc_list -> msgdma_free_descriptor\n\nwhich does not correctly free the descriptors as first nodes were not\nremoved from the list.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20bf2920a869f9dbda0ef8c94c87d1901a64a716","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54e4ada1a4206f878e345ae01cf37347d803d1b1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3480e59fdbe5585d2d1eff0bed7671583acf725","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db67686676c7becc1910bf1d6d51505876821863","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46716","score":0.00227,"percentile":0.13498,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}