accel/ivpu: Reject firmware log with size smaller than header
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ivpu: Reject firmware log with size smaller than header fw_log_from_bo() validates the tracing buffer header_size and that the log fits within the BO, but never checks that log->size is at least log->header_size. fw_log_print_buffer() then computes: u32 data_size = log->size - log->header_size; which underflows to a near-U32_MAX value when firmware reports a log whose size is smaller than its header. That huge data_size defeats the log_start/log_end bounds clamps added by commit dd1311bcf0e6 ("accel/ivpu: Add bounds checks for firmware log indices"), so fw_log_print_lines() reads far past the small real data region of the BO. A size of 0 also makes fw_log_from_bo() advance the offset by 0, causing the callers to loop forever on the same header. Reject logs whose size is smaller than the header (which also rejects size == 0).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.148, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72089
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4rx-vf72-pg97
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5592a207e158b738d9c1d27f208dbbea13ae7606
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9a1cda2e46d0254730a6f93cfe48532895f33c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/257321a1c036da417f5d9c47b95c7e58f62bf263
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6920e62be4c969a68ce4ebc59da68c6cbc9512e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddb44baed257560f192b145ed36cf8c0a412de47
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72089 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72089 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f4rx-vf72-pg97 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72089 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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