CVE-2026-31439 dmaengine: xilinx: xdma: Fix regmap init error handling

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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
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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.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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.

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