CVE-2026-53170

HIGH

accel/ethosu: reject DMA commands with uninitialized length

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.13linux
Linux/Linux < 6.19
Linux/Linux 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b - d9d021218162b6c4fe0bdf42b2b340f1aae23a12
Linux/Linux 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b - fb25c76a820ca8a547aa478bfb503da0a11494ab
Linux/Linux 6.19
Linux/Linux 7.0.13 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
linux/linux_kernel 7.1 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.19 - 7.0.13
Published Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 25, 2026