GHSA-jf8x-7724-7vrr · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: fix IFM region...
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. However region_size[] and output_region[] in struct ethosu_validated_cmdstream_info are both sized to NPU_BASEP_REGION_MAX (8), giving valid indices [0..7]. Every other region assignment in the same switch uses param & 0x7: NPU_SET_OFM_REGION: st.ofm.region = param & 0x7; NPU_SET_IFM2_REGION: st.ifm2.region = param & 0x7; NPU_SET_WEIGHT_REGION: st.weight[0].region = param & 0x7; NPU_SET_SCALE_REGION: st.scale[0].region = param & 0x7; The 0x7f mask on IFM is inconsistent and appears to be a typo. feat_matrix_length() and calc_sizes() use the region index directly as an array subscript into the kzalloc'd info struct: info->region_size[fm->region] = max(...); A userspace caller supplying NPU_SET_IFM_REGION with param > 7 causes a write up to 127*8 = 1016 bytes past the start of region_size[], corrupting adjacent kernel heap data. Fix by applying the same & 0x7 mask used by all other region assignments.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-53172 is rated Low Risk (32.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-28 | 0.16% | 0.13% | -0.03% |
| 2 | 2026-06-25 | — | 0.16% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
GHSA-jf8x-7724-7vrr · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: fix IFM region...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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unimportant | CVE-2026-53172 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-53172 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53172 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2026-53172 severity moderate: SUSE including 21 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 199 product×package rows across 40 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (40 product lines)): Known Not Affected 199. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53172/ |
ubuntu
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high | CVE-2026-53172 high priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1044, ignored 172, not-affected 131, released 87, needed 14, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53172 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19, < 7.0.13 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19, < 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |