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CVE-2026-53170
Summary

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.

Publication Date June 25, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Registration Date June 27, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
Last Update June 25, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
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