CVE-2026-31440

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-22. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory

During the device remove process, the device is reset, causing the configuration registers to go back to their default state, which is zero. As the driver is checking if the event log support was enabled before deallocating, it will fail if a reset happened before.

Do not check if the support was enabled, the check for 'idxd->evl' being valid (only allocated if the HW capability is available) is enough.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 22, 2026

Last Modified

May 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated May 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/facd0012708e942fc12890708738aebde497564e
generic

dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee66bc29578391c9b48523dc9119af67bd5c7c0f
generic

dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94f9b0ba28a205caf95902ee88b42bdb8af83d0
generic

dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dfa00967e6ef43a9dd0887fe5c3a721a39da92e
generic

dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/695b491dc3f20365fd5821f22e25dbe3c1c20cbc

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-31440(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.6.140—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-31440?
CVE-2026-31440 is a medium vulnerability published on April 22, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix leaking event log memory During the device remove process, the device is reset, causing the configuration registers to go back to their default state, which is zero. As the driver is checking if the event log…
When was CVE-2026-31440 disclosed?
CVE-2026-31440 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 22, 2026, with the most recent update on May 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-31440 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-31440 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-31440?
CVE-2026-31440 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-31440?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-31440, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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