CVE-2026-53171

accel/ethosu: fix arithmetic issues in dma_length()

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:38 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 01:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: fix arithmetic issues in dma_length() dma_length() derives DMA region usage from command stream values and updates region_size[]: len = ((len + stride[0]) * size0 + stride[1]) * size1 region_size[region] = max(..., len + dma->offset) Several arithmetic issues can corrupt the derived region size: - signed stride values may underflow when added to len - intermediate multiplications may overflow - len + dma->offset may overflow during region_size updates - dma_length() error returns were not validated by the caller region_size[] is later used by ethosu_job.c to validate command stream accesses against GEM buffer sizes. Arithmetic wraparound can therefore under-report region usage and bypass the bounds validation. Fix by validating signed additions, using overflow helpers for multiplications and offset updates, and propagating dma_length() failures to the caller.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.136.19 ≤ v < 7.15a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b7.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 6bb73845d1855ceaf50e397175e5979a7bdf69bc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ee6d9b6e51626f259c6f0e38d94f91be4fd14754 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
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