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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: accel/ethosu: fix IFM region index out-of-bounds in command stream parser", "id": "2492781", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492781"}, "csaw": false, "cwe": "CWE-1285", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's accel/ethosu component. An incorrect mask used when processing the NPU_SET_IFM_REGION command allows a local userspace caller to provide an out-of-bounds region index. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting adjacent kernel heap data."], "name": "CVE-2026-53172", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2026-06-25T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53172\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53172\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062552-CVE-2026-53172-11a3@gregkh/T"]}

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