# CVE-2024-35953: accel/ivpu: Fix deadlock in context\_xa

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-20 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ivpu: Fix deadlock in context_xa ivpu_device->context_xa is locked both in kernel thread and IRQ context. It requires XA_FLAGS_LOCK_IRQ flag to be passed during initialization otherwise the lock could be acquired from a thread and interrupted by an IRQ that locks it for the second time causing the deadlock. This deadlock was reported by lockdep and observed in internal tests.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d43e11d9c7fcb16f18bd46ab2556c2772ffc5775
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6011411147209bc0cc14628cbc155356837e52a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd7726e75968b27fe98534ccbf47ccd6fef686f3

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