# CVE-2026-97578: media: verisilicon: rockchip: guard VPU981 AV1 divisor and tile buffer

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 727a400686a2c0d25015c9e44916a59b72882f83, fixed in 8659e5fc21a82e00fb2db1557f2e06f0fca06b90; from 727a400686a2c0d25015c9e44916a59b72882f83, fixed in 7baa7bb1b784c19170df8c99466fa412040eb431; from 727a400686a2c0d25015c9e44916a59b72882f83, fixed in 8f19d869a9f6800547c9ad7ebaf3b94f973dab50; from 727a400686a2c0d25015c9e44916a59b72882f83, fixed in 6b7a281a815ae7c5e7bb2aad039ffea9bc933157; from 727a400686a2c0d25015c9e44916a59b72882f83, fixed in b84f6533a8ed2fd7b282fc7ab4b8efadc745a89c
- Linux: 6.5
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.5.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.111; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.53; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: verisilicon: rockchip: guard VPU981 AV1 divisor and tile buffer rockchip_vpu981_av1_dec_set_tile_info() divides context_update_tile_id by tile_info->tile_cols and writes one descriptor per tile into the tile_info DMA buffer, which holds AV1_MAX_TILES entries; tile_cols and tile_rows come from the bitstream. Guard the division against a zero tile_cols by initialising the context-update values to zero and computing them only when tile_cols is non-zero, and stop the descriptor writes once the tile_info buffer is full. The tile geometry written to the hardware registers is left unmodified; the per-dimension and total tile bounds are enforced by the control validation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7) 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/8659e5fc21a82e00fb2db1557f2e06f0fca06b90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7baa7bb1b784c19170df8c99466fa412040eb431
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f19d869a9f6800547c9ad7ebaf3b94f973dab50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7a281a815ae7c5e7bb2aad039ffea9bc933157
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84f6533a8ed2fd7b282fc7ab4b8efadc745a89c

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