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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-52516" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-03-02T21:52:26.517Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:28:48.775Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-52516" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-52516.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52516" title: "dma-debug: don't call __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() under free_entries_lock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndma-debug: don't call __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() under free_entries_lock\n\n__dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() calls into printk -\u003e serial console\noutput (qcom geni) and grabs port-\u003elock under free_entries_lock\nspin lock, which is a reverse locking dependency chain as qcom_geni\nIRQ handler can call into dma-debug code and grab free_entries_lock\nunder port-\u003elock.\n\nMove __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() call out of free_entries_lock\nscope so that we don't acquire serial console's port-\u003elock under it.\n\nTrimmed-down lockdep splat:\n\n The existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\n -\u003e #2 (free_entries_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:\n _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x80\n dma_entry_alloc+0x38/0x110\n debug_dma_map_page+0x60/0xf8\n dma_map_page_attrs+0x1e0/0x230\n dma_map_single_attrs.constprop.0+0x6c/0xc8\n geni_se_rx_dma_prep+0x40/0xcc\n qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x310/0x510\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x110/0x244\n handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20/0x54\n handle_irq_event+0x50/0x88\n handle_fasteoi_irq+0xa4/0xcc\n handle_irq_desc+0x28/0x40\n generic_handle_domain_irq+0x24/0x30\n gic_handle_irq+0xc4/0x148\n do_interrupt_handler+0xa4/0xb0\n el1_interrupt+0x34/0x64\n el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24\n el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68\n arch_local_irq_enable+0x4/0x8\n ____do_softirq+0x18/0x24\n ...\n\n -\u003e #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}:\n _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x80\n qcom_geni_serial_console_write+0x184/0x1dc\n console_flush_all+0x344/0x454\n console_unlock+0x94/0xf0\n vprintk_emit+0x238/0x24c\n vprintk_default+0x3c/0x48\n vprintk+0xb4/0xbc\n _printk+0x68/0x90\n register_console+0x230/0x38c\n uart_add_one_port+0x338/0x494\n qcom_geni_serial_probe+0x390/0x424\n platform_probe+0x70/0xc0\n really_probe+0x148/0x280\n __driver_probe_device+0xfc/0x114\n driver_probe_device+0x44/0x100\n __device_attach_driver+0x64/0xdc\n bus_for_each_drv+0xb0/0xd8\n __device_attach+0xe4/0x140\n device_initial_probe+0x1c/0x28\n bus_probe_device+0x44/0xb0\n device_add+0x538/0x668\n of_device_add+0x44/0x50\n of_platform_device_create_pdata+0x94/0xc8\n of_platform_bus_create+0x270/0x304\n of_platform_populate+0xac/0xc4\n devm_of_platform_populate+0x60/0xac\n geni_se_probe+0x154/0x160\n platform_probe+0x70/0xc0\n ...\n\n -\u003e #0 (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}:\n __lock_acquire+0xdf8/0x109c\n lock_acquire+0x234/0x284\n console_flush_all+0x330/0x454\n console_unlock+0x94/0xf0\n vprintk_emit+0x238/0x24c\n vprintk_default+0x3c/0x48\n vprintk+0xb4/0xbc\n _printk+0x68/0x90\n dma_entry_alloc+0xb4/0x110\n debug_dma_map_sg+0xdc/0x2f8\n __dma_map_sg_attrs+0xac/0xe4\n dma_map_sgtable+0x30/0x4c\n get_pages+0x1d4/0x1e4 [msm]\n msm_gem_pin_pages_locked+0x38/0xac [msm]\n msm_gem_pin_vma_locked+0x58/0x88 [msm]\n msm_ioctl_gem_submit+0xde4/0x13ac [msm]\n drm_ioctl_kernel+0xe0/0x15c\n drm_ioctl+0x2e8/0x3f4\n vfs_ioctl+0x30/0x50\n ...\n\n Chain exists of:\n console_owner --\u003e &port_lock_key --\u003e free_entries_lock\n\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n CPU0 CPU1\n ---- ----\n lock(free_entries_lock);\n lock(&port_lock_key);\n lock(free_entries_lock);\n lock(console_owner);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n Call trace:\n dump_backtrace+0xb4/0xf0\n show_stack+0x20/0x30\n dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x84\n dump_stack+0x18/0x24\n print_circular_bug+0x1cc/0x234\n check_noncircular+0x78/0xac\n __lock_acquire+0xdf8/0x109c\n lock_acquire+0x234/0x284\n console_flush_all+0x330/0x454\n consol\n---truncated---" affected: 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