# CVE-2024-35990: dma: xilinx_dpdma: Fix locking > Missing locking in the Xilinx DPDMA driver can cause race conditions, potentially leading to system instability or crashes. - **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 20 May 2024 - **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026 - **Also known as:** AZL-42169, AZL-42240, BELL-CVE-2024-35990, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35990, GHSA-4cj3-wcfq-725p, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35990 ## What is CVE-2024-35990? CVE-2024-35990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma: xilinx_dpdma: Fix locking There are several places where either chan->lock or chan->vchan.lock was not held. Add appropriate locking. This fixes lockdep warnings like [ 31.077578] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 31.077831] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 40 at drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dpdma.c:834 xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x274/0x5e0 [ 31.077953] Modules linked in: [ 31.078019] CPU: 2 PID: 40 Comm: kworker/u12:1 Not tainted 6.6.20+ #98 [ 31.078102] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT) [ 31.078169] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func [ 31.078272] pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 31.078377] pc : xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x274/0x5e0 [ 31.078473] lr : xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x270/0x5e0 [ 31.078550] sp : ffffffc083bb2e10 [ 31.078590] x29: ffffffc083bb2e10 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff880165a168 [ 31.078754] x26: ffffff880164e920 x25: ffffff880164eab8 x24: ffffff880164d480 [ 31.078920] x23: ffffff880165a148 x22: ffffff880164e988 x21: 0000000000000000 [ 31.079132] x20: ffffffc082aa3000 x19: ffffff880164e880 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 31.079295] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 31.079453] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffffff8802263dc0 x12: 0000000000000001 [ 31.079613] x11: 0001ffc083bb2e34 x10: 0001ff880164e98f x9 : 0001ffc082aa3def [ 31.079824] x8 : 0001ffc082aa3dec x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000516 [ 31.079982] x5 : ffffffc7f8d43000 x4 : ffffff88003c9c40 x3 : ffffffffffffffff [ 31.080147] x2 : ffffffc7f8d43000 x1 : 00000000000000c0 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 31.080307] Call trace: [ 31.080340] xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x274/0x5e0 [ 31.080518] xilinx_dpdma_issue_pending+0x11c/0x120 [ 31.080595] zynqmp_disp_layer_update+0x180/0x3ac [ 31.080712] zynqmp_dpsub_plane_atomic_update+0x11c/0x21c [ 31.080825] drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x20c/0x684 [ 31.080951] drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x5c/0xb0 [ 31.081139] commit_tail+0x234/0x294 [ 31.081246] drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x1f8/0x210 [ 31.081363] drm_atomic_commit+0x100/0x140 [ 31.081477] drm_client_modeset_commit_atomic+0x318/0x384 [ 31.081634] drm_client_modeset_commit_locked+0x8c/0x24c [ 31.081725] drm_client_modeset_commit+0x34/0x5c [ 31.081812] __drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0x104/0x168 [ 31.081899] drm_fb_helper_set_par+0x50/0x70 [ 31.081971] fbcon_init+0x538/0xc48 [ 31.082047] visual_init+0x16c/0x23c [ 31.082207] do_bind_con_driver.isra.0+0x2d0/0x634 [ 31.082320] do_take_over_console+0x24c/0x33c [ 31.082429] do_fbcon_takeover+0xbc/0x1b0 [ 31.082503] fbcon_fb_registered+0x2d0/0x34c [ 31.082663] register_framebuffer+0x27c/0x38c [ 31.082767] __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x5c0/0x91c [ 31.082939] drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x50/0x74 [ 31.083012] drm_fbdev_dma_client_hotplug+0xb8/0x108 [ 31.083115] drm_client_register+0xa0/0xf4 [ 31.083195] drm_fbdev_dma_setup+0xb0/0x1cc [ 31.083293] zynqmp_dpsub_drm_init+0x45c/0x4e0 [ 31.083431] zynqmp_dpsub_probe+0x444/0x5e0 [ 31.083616] platform_probe+0x8c/0x13c [ 31.083713] really_probe+0x258/0x59c [ 31.083793] __driver_probe_device+0xc4/0x224 [ 31.083878] driver_probe_device+0x70/0x1c0 [ 31.083961] __device_attach_driver+0x108/0x1e0 [ 31.084052] bus_for_each_drv+0x9c/0x100 [ 31.084125] __device_attach+0x100/0x298 [ 31.084207] device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20 [ 31.084292] bus_probe_device+0xd8/0xdc [ 31.084368] deferred_probe_work_func+0x11c/0x180 [ 31.084451] process_one_work+0x3ac/0x988 [ 31.084643] worker_thread+0x398/0x694 [ 31.084752] kthread+0x1bc/0x1c0 [ 31.084848] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 31.084932] irq event stamp: 64549 [ 31.084970] hardirqs last enabled at (64548): [] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x80/0x90 [ 31.085157] ---truncated--- Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35990? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2024-35990? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2024-35990 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35990 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35990 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-35990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35990 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35990/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35990 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35990 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35990 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35990/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.