What is CVE-2026-53172?

CVE-2026-53172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-53172?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2026-53172

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ethosu: fix IFM region index out-of-bounds in command stream parser NPU_SET_IFM_REGION extracts the region index with param & 0x7f, giving a maximum value of 127…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (2.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5a5e9c0228e613f0ef2a58b9782d7c0ea8f1e58b, 6.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53172?: CVE-2026-53172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-53172?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.