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CVE-2026-53169 (GCVE-0-2026-53169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:38 – Updated: 2026-06-25 08:38
VLAI
Title
accel/ethosu: reject NPU_OP_RESIZE commands from userspace
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: reject NPU_OP_RESIZE commands from userspace NPU_OP_RESIZE is a U85-only command that the driver does not yet implement. The existing WARN_ON(1) placeholder fires unconditionally whenever userspace submits this command via DRM_IOCTL_ETHOSU_GEM_CREATE, causing unbounded kernel log spam. If panic_on_warn is set the kernel panics, giving any unprivileged user with access to the DRM device a trivial denial-of-service primitive. Replace the WARN_ON(1) with an explicit -EINVAL return so the ioctl rejects the command before it reaches hardware.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b , < 70090a32f56a4589e7e860e0f9a8fbe4417df0a1 (git)
Affected: 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b , < ef911805d86a05363d3ec2fa9835a41def83bb7e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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