CVE-2026-93170

dmaengine: xilinx_dma: Fix channel idle state management in AXIDMA and MCDMA interrupt handlers

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:12 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: xilinx_dma: Fix channel idle state management in AXIDMA and MCDMA interrupt handlers Fix a race condition in AXIDMA and MCDMA irq handlers where the channel could be incorrectly marked as idle and attempt spurious transfers when descriptors are still being processed. The issue occurs when: 1. Multiple descriptors are queued and active. 2. An interrupt fires after completing some descriptors. 3. xilinx_dma_complete_descriptor() moves completed descriptors to done_list. 4. Channel is marked idle and start_transfer() is called even though active_list still contains unprocessed descriptors. 5. This leads to premature transfer attempts and potential descriptor corruption or missed completions. Only mark the channel as idle and start new transfers when the active list is actually empty, ensuring proper channel state management and avoiding spurious transfer attempts.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.7c0bba3a99f0709c24c2c7ada7cb098966b1d791f
Vendor states this is fixed in 0b6d055edb55ecadadf54e930c2b4fab76fa9a5a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 425630e9eea1f9f8912b8c6abf01e0dab1e27917 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5459e02707b27a964ae72e028d3ff72a3b687c4a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7f4b989d7d87381927b98d64492f8dcf979f57ab (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c27d16fd2358b2fc3e1ffaca03afd11dc28630ea (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c3e943490ced0b9ad475844eda7661f6a9bcfb4a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ec927657524be4438447944a58173c7baf7f2384 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fdaf297ab275c6efecac5e87669c31bc89b74297 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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