CVE-2026-53169

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b < 70090a32f56a4589e7e860e0f9a8fbe4417df0a1affected
LinuxLinux5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b < ef911805d86a05363d3ec2fa9835a41def83bb7eaffected
LinuxLinux6.19affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.19unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.13 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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