# CVE-2026-90274: coresight: etm4x: fix underflow for usage of (nrseqstate - 1)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in 8d669db59f7283b838e029af29da12e505265fae; from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in 4091f2d5b26d117c992ffcce1a5df425a0daedcd; from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in be7b2de5b9a96ae68ffa3528e0a40d63e0fd8148; from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in 4f9a0f548413bf864f609c9f4bc56e3f1b3577d4; from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in 1ade9a335c69fc735cb7b3f222ed35ab135540fb; from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in 5ac900f73ce1d4d8308f40752b51bc8a02b244d2; from 2e1cdfe184b5202d51e0611d7a051e2bea303946, fixed in 1674d9bff8073bdee5dbc200f56fc3caa28d0566
- Linux: 4.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.2.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: etm4x: fix underflow for usage of (nrseqstate - 1) According to IHI006H Embedded Trace Macrocell Architecture Specification[0], TRCSEQEVR<n> is implemented only when TRCIDR5.NUMSEQSTATE is 0b100, in which case n ranges from 0 to 2; otherwise, TRCIDR5.NUMSEQSTATE is 0b000. IOW, the number of usage in the initialisation or setting TRCSEQEVR<n> with drvdata->nrseqstate - 1 in the loop could make underflow issue when TRCIDR5.NUMSEQSTATE is 0b000. Therefore, introduce nr_seq_ctrls field and untie it from nrseqstate. As part of this introduce ETM_MAX_SEQ_TRANSITIONS macro and apply nr_seq_ctrls and above macro to TRCSEQEVR<n> relevant fields setup.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d669db59f7283b838e029af29da12e505265fae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4091f2d5b26d117c992ffcce1a5df425a0daedcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be7b2de5b9a96ae68ffa3528e0a40d63e0fd8148
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f9a0f548413bf864f609c9f4bc56e3f1b3577d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ade9a335c69fc735cb7b3f222ed35ab135540fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ac900f73ce1d4d8308f40752b51bc8a02b244d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1674d9bff8073bdee5dbc200f56fc3caa28d0566

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