dmaengine: xilinx_dma: Fix channel idle state management in AXIDMA and MCDMA interrupt handlers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93170
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc6p-4g8q-qv3v
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f4b989d7d87381927b98d64492f8dcf979f57ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5459e02707b27a964ae72e028d3ff72a3b687c4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425630e9eea1f9f8912b8c6abf01e0dab1e27917
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdaf297ab275c6efecac5e87669c31bc89b74297
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c27d16fd2358b2fc3e1ffaca03afd11dc28630ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec927657524be4438447944a58173c7baf7f2384
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3e943490ced0b9ad475844eda7661f6a9bcfb4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b6d055edb55ecadadf54e930c2b4fab76fa9a5a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93170 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93170 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mc6p-4g8q-qv3v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93170 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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