# CVE-2025-22001: accel/qaic: Fix integer overflow in qaic\_validate\_req()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-03 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/qaic: Fix integer overflow in qaic_validate_req() These are u64 variables that come from the user via qaic_attach_slice_bo_ioctl(). Use check_add_overflow() to ensure that the math doesn't have an integer wrapping bug.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b2a170c25862ad116bd31be6b9841646b4862e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b362fc904d264a88b4af20baae9e82491c285e9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57fae0c505f49bb1e3d5660cd2cc49697ed85f7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67d15c7aa0864dfd82325c7e7e7d8548b5224c7b

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