# CVE-2026-72089: accel/ivpu: Reject firmware log with size smaller than header

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

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).

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## Related

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## References

- 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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