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.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b < fb25c76a820ca8a547aa478bfb503da0a11494ab, 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b < d9d021218162b6c4fe0bdf42b2b340f1aae23a12 |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.19, 0 < 6.19, 7.0.13 ≤ 7.0.*, 7.1 ≤ * |
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