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CVE-2026-53173
accel/ethosu: fix OOB write in ethosu_gem_cmdstream_copy_and_validate()
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: fix OOB write in ethosu_gem_cmdstream_copy_and_validate() The command stream parsing loop increments the index variable a second time when a 64-bit command word is encountered (bit 14 set), but does not re-check the loop bound before writing the second word: for (i = 0; i < size / 4; i++) { bocmds[i] = cmds[0]; if (cmd & 0x4000) { i++; bocmds[i] = cmds[1]; /* unchecked */ } } The buffer bocmds is backed by a DMA allocation of exactly size bytes from drm_gem_dma_create(ddev, size), giving valid indices [0, size/4-1]. When i == size/4 - 1 on entry to an iteration and bit 14 of cmds[0] is set, bocmds[size/4-1] is written in bounds, i is then incremented to size/4, and bocmds[size/4] writes four bytes past the end of the allocation. Userspace controls both the buffer contents and the size argument via the ioctl, making this a userspace-triggerable heap out-of-bounds write. Fix by checking the incremented index against the buffer bound before the second write and returning -EINVAL if the buffer is too small to contain the extended command.

INFO

Published Date :

June 25, 2026, 8:38 a.m.

Last Modified :

June 25, 2026, 8:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

Linux
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Solution
Fix an out-of-bounds write by validating indices before writes.
  • Validate the incremented index against buffer bounds.
  • Return an error if buffer is too small.
  • Apply the vendor-provided fix.
  • Update the Linux kernel.

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