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CVE-2026-43353 (GCVE-0-2026-43353)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 14:21 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:27
VLAI
Title
i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Fix race in DMA ring dequeue
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Fix race in DMA ring dequeue The HCI DMA dequeue path (hci_dma_dequeue_xfer()) may be invoked for multiple transfers that timeout around the same time. However, the function is not serialized and can race with itself. When a timeout occurs, hci_dma_dequeue_xfer() stops the ring, processes incomplete transfers, and then restarts the ring. If another timeout triggers a parallel call into the same function, the two instances may interfere with each other - stopping or restarting the ring at unexpected times. Add a mutex so that hci_dma_dequeue_xfer() is serialized with respect to itself.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 9ad9a52cce2828d932ae9495181e3d6414f72c07 , < b684b420a5bb0ea1b0e13abfdb8ce41c5266e62e (git)
Affected: 9ad9a52cce2828d932ae9495181e3d6414f72c07 , < 4faa1e9c67a2229f6749190aedaf88ce0391efd2 (git)
Affected: 9ad9a52cce2828d932ae9495181e3d6414f72c07 , < 1dca8aee80eea76d2aae21265de5dd64f6ba0f09 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.19 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.9 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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