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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53331" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-01T13:32:15.733Z" updatedAt: "2026-07-01T13:32:15.733Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" 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-2026-53331" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53331.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53331" title: "slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: Avoid ABBA on tx_lock/ctrl-\u003elock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nslimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: Avoid ABBA on tx_lock/ctrl-\u003elock\n\nDuring the SSR/PDR down notification the tx_lock is taken with the\nintent to provide synchronization with active DMA transfers.\n\nBut during this period qcom_slim_ngd_down() is invoked, which ends up in\nslim_report_absent(), which takes the slim_controller lock. In multiple\nother codepaths these two locks are taken in the opposite order (i.e.\nslim_controller then tx_lock).\n\nThe result is a lockdep splat, and a possible deadlock:\n\n rprocctl/449 is trying to acquire lock:\n ffff00009793e620 (&ctrl-\u003elock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: slim_report_absent (drivers/slimbus/core.c:322) slimbus\n\n but task is already holding lock:\n ffff00009793fb50 (&ctrl-\u003etx_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify (drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c:1475) slim_qcom_ngd_ctrl\n\n which lock already depends on the new lock.\n\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n CPU0 CPU1\n ---- ----\n lock(&ctrl-\u003etx_lock);\n lock(&ctrl-\u003elock);\n lock(&ctrl-\u003etx_lock);\n lock(&ctrl-\u003elock);\n\nThe assumption is that the comment refers to the desire to not call\nqcom_slim_ngd_exit_dma() while we have an ongoing DMA TX transaction.\nBut any such transaction is initiated and completed within a single\nqcom_slim_ngd_xfer_msg().\n\nPrior to calling qcom_slim_ngd_exit_dma() the slim_controller is torn\ndown, all child devices are notified that the slimbus is gone and the\nchild devices are removed.\n\nStop taking the tx_lock in qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify() to avoid the\ndeadlock." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3d1561537237c6cc1db76155183d8bbdac2339f0"},{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dc4d5c57e012c2c669793deb1515a57bbc6bf5dd"},{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d54a221b0f3cd9e1f03f18104be34e02a8258fae"},{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"aad4337a21b9ad3ae8d668fa8678d05e26ecbaa8"},{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9f0d45d509b434c54da10e01f4ef8086e4583401"},{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9708eb50fd7343145b422be852f890212155d845"},{"version":"a899d324863a3d15ce0eea513884e1b73a758c58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"55f2ea9ff83cc27a85526b14bc9b32f96a08d6ec"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.11"},{"version":"5.15.210","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.176","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.143","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.94","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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