{"id":"CVE-2026-53172","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53172","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:47.983Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: fix IFM region index out-of-bounds in command stream parser NPU_SET_IFM_REGION extracts the region index with param & 0x7f, giving a maximum value of 127.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naccel/ethosu: fix IFM region index out-of-bounds in command stream parser\n\nNPU_SET_IFM_REGION extracts the region index with param & 0x7f, giving\na maximum value of 127. However region_size[] and output_region[] in\nstruct ethosu_validated_cmdstream_info are both sized to\nNPU_BASEP_REGION_MAX (8), giving valid indices [0..7].\n\nEvery other region assignment in the same switch uses param & 0x7:\n  NPU_SET_OFM_REGION:  st.ofm.region  = param & 0x7;\n  NPU_SET_IFM2_REGION: st.ifm2.region = param & 0x7;\n  NPU_SET_WEIGHT_REGION: st.weight[0].region = param & 0x7;\n  NPU_SET_SCALE_REGION:  st.scale[0].region  = param & 0x7;\n\nThe 0x7f mask on IFM is inconsistent and appears to be a typo.\n\nfeat_matrix_length() and calc_sizes() use the region index directly\nas an array subscript into the kzalloc'd info struct:\n  info->region_size[fm->region] = max(...);\n\nA userspace caller supplying NPU_SET_IFM_REGION with param > 7 causes\na write up to 127*8 = 1016 bytes past the start of region_size[],\ncorrupting adjacent kernel heap data.\n\nFix by applying the same & 0x7 mask used by all other region\nassignments.","published":"2026-06-25T09:16:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-06T18:23:43.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00165,"percentile":0.05667,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00f547e0dfecf83014fb32bcba587c6b684c1362","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee7bed779def61ebff1b92b0e851f412176fa416","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53172","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}