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CVE-2026-53170

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: reject DMA commands with uninitialized length cmd_state_init() initializes the command state with memset(0xff), leaving dma->len at U64_MAX to signal missing setup. The only setter is NPU_SET_DMA0_LEN; if userspace omits this command and issues NPU_OP_DMA_START, dma->len remains U64_MAX. In dma_length(), a positive stride added to U64_MAX wraps to a small value. With size0 == 1, check_mul_overflow() does not trigger and dma_length() returns 0 instead of U64_MAX. The caller's U64_MAX check then passes, region_size[] stays 0, and the bounds check in ethosu_job.c is bypassed, allowing hardware to execute DMA with stale physical addresses. Fix by checking for U64_MAX at the start of dma_length() before any arithmetic, consistent with the sentinel value used throughout the driver to detect uninitialized fields.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53170
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 08:38 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 08:38 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b < fb25c76a820ca8a547aa478bfb503da0a11494ab, 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b < d9d021218162b6c4fe0bdf42b2b340f1aae23a12
Linux Linux 6.19, 0 < 6.19, 7.0.13 ≤ 7.0.*, 7.1 ≤ *
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