# CVE-2026-97914: accel: ethosu: Fix ethosu\_job\_open() return value

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.7
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b, fixed in e98afe5142add34b70b305408317a325f14c37f5; from 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b, fixed in b3c8d4672f7a8735e2884cefcd89286268e88b2e
- Linux: 6.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel: ethosu: Fix ethosu_job_open() return value A WARN_ON() returns a 0 or 1, not the original negative errno. Just drop the WARN_ON() as the FD open will pass the return code to userspace and there's only one possible source of the error (drm_sched_entity_init()).

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98afe5142add34b70b305408317a325f14c37f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c8d4672f7a8735e2884cefcd89286268e88b2e

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