CVE-2026-31439 dmaengine: xilinx: xdma: Fix regmap init error handling
A missing error check in the Xilinx XDMA driver causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a kernel crash and denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2026-31439?
CVE-2026-31439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Apr 2026. 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:
dmaengine: xilinx: xdma: Fix regmap init error handling
devm_regmap_init_mmio returns an ERR_PTR() upon error, not NULL. Fix the error check and also fix the error message. Use the error code from ERR_PTR() instead of the wrong value in ret.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-31439?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2026-31439?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-31439 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31439 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-83315, BELL-CVE-2026-31439, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31439, GHSA-hwph-35qx-q23p, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-31439, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31439.