Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93041

 

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93041

Published: September 18, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU150979
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93041
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the dw-edma abort interrupt handler when aborting a DMA request while queued descriptors are being started. A local user can trigger an abort during the state transition to leave queued descriptors unprocessed and the channel idle.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2026-93041

Install security update from vendor's repository.


External References

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