# CVE-2026-53159: misc: fastrpc: fix DMA address corruption due to find\_vma misuse

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.1.6, fixed in 5.2
- Linux: 5.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: fastrpc: fix DMA address corruption due to find_vma misuse fastrpc_get_args() uses find_vma() to look up the VMA for a user-provided pointer and compute a DMA address offset. When the address falls in a gap before the returned VMA, (ptr & PAGE_MASK) - vma->vm_start underflows, corrupting the DMA address sent to the DSP. Replace find_vma() with vma_lookup(), which returns NULL when the address is not contained within any VMA.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d43afc412d439ffca1567e7ca8652be22f272b3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d0f47e27c1fa718b29c69aa7c96a2c5161bc2c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708c17b52c60fe7a57e73b495bdee50f58feb48c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3e26df2e8eb361e6bef096b2fd565476a1f14c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e69e306a4cccb40a73511350cb280825a556ce3c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53e06f8a3c2b085c31bf1284e2ebcb8036e99625
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ba7b30ddb04646d4d638f4d8c4718a304bbbddd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464c6ad2aa16e1e1df9d559289199356493d1e00

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