CVE-2026-53159

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's fastrpc module. The fastrpc_get_args() function incorrectly calculates a Direct Memory Access (DMA) address offset for user-provided pointers. This can lead to an underflow, corrupting the DMA address sent to the Digital Signal Processor (DSP). This corruption could result in system instability or other undefined behavior.

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-191

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU); DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); DoS: Instability

This weakness will generally lead to undefined behavior and therefore crashes. In the case of overflows involving loop index variables, the likelihood of infinite loops is also high.

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory

If the value in question is important to data (as opposed to flow), simple data corruption has occurred. Also, if the wrap around results in other conditions such as buffer overflows, further memory corruption may occur.

Confidentiality,Availability,Access Control

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Bypass Protection Mechanism

This weakness can sometimes trigger buffer overflows which can be used to execute arbitrary code. This is usually outside the scope of a program's implicit security policy.

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