---
id: CVE-2024-35990
title: |-
  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
summary: |-
  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 …
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-667
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.9, < 5.10.216'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.158'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.90'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.30'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.8.9'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.8.9
published: '2024-05-20'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:18:18.547'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35990'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ccac964520a6f19e355652c8ca38af2a7f27076'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/244296cc3a155199a8b080d19e645d7d49081a38'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf574183282d219cfa991f7df37aad491d74c11'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e3c94767cad5150198e4337c8b91f3bb068e14b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c660be571609e03e7d5972343536a736fcb31557'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcdd5bb4a8c81c64c1334d7e0aba41a8829a24de'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ccac964520a6f19e355652c8ca38af2a7f27076'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/244296cc3a155199a8b080d19e645d7d49081a38'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf574183282d219cfa991f7df37aad491d74c11'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e3c94767cad5150198e4337c8b91f3bb068e14b'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c660be571609e03e7d5972343536a736fcb31557'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcdd5bb4a8c81c64c1334d7e0aba41a8829a24de'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00214
epssPercentile: 0.11691
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.696Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-06-18T14:42:31.810522Z'
---

## Overview

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): [<ffffffc081adf35c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x80/0x90
[   31.085157]
---truncated---

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.9, < 5.10.216`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.158`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.90`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.30`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.8.9`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.8.9`
