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CVE-2026-72148: dmaengine: dw-edma: Add spinlock to protect DONE_INT_MASK and ABORT_INT_MASK

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-23

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: dw-edma: Add spinlock to protect DONE_INT_MASK and ABORT_INT_MASK The DONE_INT_MASK and ABORT_INT_MASK registers are shared by all DMA channels, and modifying them requires a read-modify-write sequence. Because this operation is not atomic, concurrent calls to dw_edma_v0_core_start() can introduce race conditions if two channels update these registers simultaneously. Add a spinlock to serialize access to these registers and prevent race conditions. [den: update dw_edma.lock comment]

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.3 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1553ca96e9df158d8f37137cf4bf5fb0dc981d94
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a9834f56d6249aaa6ca7c2d8c182d66c48c3e1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2247cc25a91fb1b5b86586ed55fdd5b725a7477c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3989b4775bc2cdbdb4ddc4b1d2420a82b40913f2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ee0f478bb29b4ee892b178179a9a76ddd194149
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ffba0171c6bbce5f093c6dba5a02c0805b31203
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddbc4a8a4fe296f1fa2e59f7d176fc7c773df640
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f60c7463d44fbc1585d247d0bd6976f7a1099472

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